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TOBACCO CORPORATION B&W
December 31, 1985
Secretary
British-American Tobacco Company Limited
P.O. Box 482
Westminster House, 7 Millbank
London, SWlP 3JE, England
Dear Sir:
By letter dated February 7, 1977 (as amended April 17, 1979 and
January 1S, 1980), your Company and Brown Williamson Tobacco
Corporation (11BU111) agreed to a formula for sharing the costs of
Central Group Research equitably among major affiliates
benefiting from that research effort. B annual contribution
rate was set in the agreement (as amended , oil 17, 1979 and
January 15, 1980) at 0.21% of net turnover.'
The scope of Central Group Research has been reduced
substantially, with responsibility for certain research projects
being shifted to B&W, since the date the agreement was last
amended. Accordingly, it is agreed that Section 2(b) of the
agreement be amended and will read as follows:
BWs contribution to Central Group Research for the 1986
calendar year is $1,000,000 and covers BOIS share of the
cost of supporting a fundamental research program and other
special areas of research. The amount of B&W I contribution
to Central Group Research for the calendar years after 1986
is to be negotiated annually based on planned research
projects.
Sincerely,
BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION
BY
AGREED:
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. LTD.
BY
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