BRITISH -AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY LTD A member ofthe B-A-T Indmuies Group Registered Office: POBOx482 Wes~in terHome 71'vidlbank London SW I P 3JE Telephone: o 1 -222 1-122. Telex: 27384 BATrOB G BY FACSIMILE 25th February 1987 A -_ H / DE T Dr. C.J.P. de Siqueira, Companhia Souza Cruz Industria e Comercio, R'-o de Janeiro, 3 razfl . Dear Siqueira, I am not sure whether you are aware that Mr. Sheehy runs a .obacco Strategy Review meeting at which all BAT Industries' t3 bacco.companies are represented through their respective BAT Industries' Director. At the last meeting the suggestion was made chat Souza Cruz should make use of the services of Bioplanta in developing improved varieties of tobacco. Although I have explained to Pascal Ricketts the broad concept of a Group co-ordination approach to biotechnology, he has asked me to contact you directly for your response to this topic. Could you reply preferably within the next week. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, A. L. Heard C:> \~o I rated T -do. N_b~,r 74974 C-- CX:) BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999