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JanuaryA5, 1980
Secretary
British-American Tobacco Company Limited
P. 0. Box 482
Westminster House, 7 Millbank
London, MP 3JE, England
Dear Sir:
By letter dated February 7. 1977 (as amended April 17,
1 979) your Company and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corpo-
ratio@ ("B&W") entered into an agreement with respect to.
the costs of Central Group Research and separate Company
Research.
Modification-of the agreement is necessary in order to
Z1. reflect the change in the annual accounting period of your
Company from September 30 to December 31, effective for
1979.. Accordingly, it is hereby agreed that Sections 2(b)
and 2 (c) of the agreement shall be applied in the following
manner:
1. B&W shall contribute to the cost of Central Group
-ng
Research for the twelve-month period endt
September 3.0, 1979 in the manner provided
therein.
2. B&W shall-contribute to the cost of Central Group
Research for the three-month period October 1,
1979 through'December 31, 1979 an amount equal to
0.21% of B&W's net turnover for such perio and
shall remit the amount of its contribution within
90 days following the close of such period.
3. For each calendar year commencing with 1980, Sec-
tions 2(-b) and 2 c shall be amended to- read as
follows:
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(b) BUI shall contribute to the cost of Central.
Group Research for each fiscal_y-ear-e@nding
December 31 an amount equal @o_Q..@
,,,of. B&W's net
turnover for-such fiscal ye
(c) BW shall-remit the amount of its contribu-
tion within 90 days following the close of the
December 31 fiscal I I
Sincerely,
BROWN &WILLIAMSON TOBACCO
CORPORATION
ON
are
By
AGREED:
BRITISH-PI-ERICAN TOBACCO
MPANy LIMIT
By
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