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EXHIBIT 10.4

 

	

	
Contracting Agreement

  

CONTRACTING AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is effective as of 1st day of May 2014 by and between Go Ez Corporation (“GEZC”) , and Abraham Dominguez Cinta whose address is as set forth herein as set forth in the paragraph 9, (collectively “Contractor”).

 

Whereas, GEZC is in the business of telecommunication and ecommerce services for a range of industries and organizations, of which it wishes to expand, and

 

Whereas, the Contractor, individually are experienced executives, based in Shanghai, China, a key market for GEZC, and

 

Whereas, GEZC desires to expand its businesses and to operate certain operations and to expand into certain added markets within the expertise of Contractor and further requires certain management and business development expertise which the Contractor possesses to help achieve its growth and market expansion objectives and to implement its business plan for 2014 and beyond, and

 

Whereas, GEZC desires to use the Contractor, as Management Consultant, to provide executive management and business development services, and the Contractor is willing to provide such consulting services acting on behalf of GEZC.

 

Now therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Engagement; Contractor Relationship; Duties; Title. GEZC hereby engages the Contractor, and the Contractor hereby agrees to render, contract management services to GEZC in connection the operation and expansion. The Contractor shall report to Board of Director of GEZC. The Contractor shall devote such portion of their respective business time and efforts to the management and expansion of the business and to business development of GEZC as may be required to accomplish the goals and responsibilities determined by the Board of Director of GEZC and Contractor including those set forth on Schedule A. The Contractor shall use reasonable efforts in such endeavors. The Contractor shall also perform the services with a level of care, skill, and diligence that a prudent professional acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use, and shall agree to abide by the rules of governance established by GEZC’s Board of Directors, including but not limited to, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the Insider Trading Policies (copies of which are available and maintained on GEZC website). The parties agree that Contractorshall obtain prior written approval for any and all material contracts or agreements.

 

	 
	
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2. Term and Termination. The term of this Agreement shall begin on the date referenced in paragraph one of this Agreement and shall continue until terminated by either Party as described herein. GEZC may terminate this agreement for cause (defined as immoral, unethical, or illegal behavior of the Contractor) without prior notice. This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon thirty (30) days advance written notice subject to the rights of Contractor to obtain compensation asset forth herein.

 

Should GEZC terminate this agreement other than for cause, it shall provide the Contractor with thirty days’ notice. Upon termination without cause, Contractor shall promptly submit a list of all business opportunities pending or developed by Contractor and such list shall be deemed incorporated into Schedule A. Should GEZC subsequently conclude a transaction among those listed on Schedule A, within 12 months of Termination Date, GEZC shall pay to Contractor any fees deriving from such transactions in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Should the Contractor terminate this agreement other than due to a breach of this Agreement by GEZC, Contractor shall forfeit any claims to compensation for transactions completed by GEZC following the termination date, unless the fees earned were for work completed by the Contractor prior to the termination date.

 

3. Compensation. As compensation for all primary services rendered by the Contractor to GEZC pursuant to this Agreement, the Contractor shall be compensated as follows:

 

3.1 Base Compensation. GEZC shall receive $3,750 per month compensation, payable in stock.

 

3.2 Incentive Compensation. Contractor shall receive annually an amount equal to 1% of the net revenues (defined as gross revenues less returns, credits, commissions, warranty claims and the like consistent with the determination by the auditors for GEZC from the Accounting Agreement payable in stock as determined at the discretion of the Board of Director.

 

4. Expenses. The Contractor shall pay for his own expenses unless otherwise agreed or required by GEZC and pre-approved.

 

5. Status. The Contractor is an independent contractor providing services to GEZC. The Contractor is not an agent of GEZC and shall have no right to bind GEZC, except as expressly and duly authorized in writing by affirmative action of the CEO or board of directors. Contractor, as appropriate, will report all payments to be made hereunder on Forms 1099 as determined by the GEZC auditors. GEZC shall not carry worker’s compensation insurance to cover the Contractor. GEZC shall not pay any contributions to Social Security, unemployment insurance, federal or state withholding taxes, or their equivalent in another country, nor provide any other contributions or benefits that might be expected in an employer-employee relationship.

 

	 
	
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6. Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Circumvention. During the term of this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years after, GEZC and Contractor agree that neither of them, nor any affiliate of them, directly or indirectly, or in any other capacity, will (i) in any manner influence any person who is an employee of the other Party to leave such service or hire any such person, (ii) contact or solicit any Person that is or at any time within the one year period immediately prior to the date of this Agreement was a customer of GEZC or Contractor, as the case may be, for the purpose of providing products, services or business competitive with that provided by the other PARTY, or provide any such products, services or business to any such Person, or (iii) request or advise any suppliers, customers or accounts of the other Party to withdraw, curtail or cancel any business that is placed with the other Party. Provided further, that in no event, at any time shall either party (i) use or disclose, or cause to be used or disclosed, any secret, confidential or proprietary information of either Party, which is stipulated by either Party as confidential, regardless of the fact that GEZC and/or Contractor or any GEZC Affiliate may have participated in the development of that information, or (ii) make any disparaging remarks about the other Party, their employees or officers, or their services, practices or conduct.

 

7. Contracts or Other Agreements with Current or Former Employer or Business.The Contractor hereby represents and warrants that he is not subject to any agreement with respect to which the Contractor’s engagement by GEZC would be a breach.

 

8. Modification of Agreement. This Agreement may be modified by the Parties hereto only by a written supplemental agreement executed by both Parties.

 

9. Notice. All notices and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and, if mailed by prepaid first-class mail or certified mail, return receipt requested, shall be deemed to have been received on the earlier of the date shown on the receipt or three (3) business days after the postmarked date thereof. In addition, notices here under may be delivered by hand, facsimile transmission or overnight courier, in which event the notice shall be deemed effective when delivered or transmitted.

 

All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be given to the Parties hereto at the following addresses:

 

If to GEZC:

101 First Street

#493

Los Altos, CA 94022

 

If to Contractor:

Rm 1302, 796 Hong Zhong Road

Shanghai, China

 

or to such other address as the Parties hereto may specify, in writing, from time to time.

 

	 
	
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10. Waiver of Breach. The waiver by either Party of any breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.

 

11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the Parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any prior written or oral arrangements with respect to the Contractor’s engagement by GEZC.

 

12. Successors, Binding Agreement. Subject to the restrictions on assignment contained herein, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by GEZC’s successors and assigns.

 

13. Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

14. Survival of Obligations. The duties and obligations contained in Paragraphs 5, 6, 10,

 

11, 13 and 15 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

15. Multiple Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

16. Tax Withholding; Indemnification. By reason of Contractor’s relationship with GEZC as an independent contractor, all sums required to be paid by GEZC to Contractor shall be paid in full, without reduction for any withholding taxes, employers’ taxes, social security taxes, payments or contributions, and similar employer withholdings, deductions and payments. Contractor acknowledges and agrees that Contractor shall be solely responsible for making all such filings and payments and shall indemnify and hold harmless GEZC for any liability, claim, expense or other cost incurred by GEZC arising out of or related to the obligations of Contractor pursuant to this Paragraph 16.

 

17. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the relevant governing laws of where the services are deployed.

 

18. Headings. The headings of the Paragraphs of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction or limit the scope or intent of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

	 
	
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed, or cause their duly assigned agent to execute, this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

	
For GEZC

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
Abraham Dominguez Cinta

	
 

	
President

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
For Contractor

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

	
 

	
Abraham Dominguez Cinta

	
 

 

 

5EX-4.1

  

 
 EXHIBIT 4.1 

R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY 

(as successor to Lorillard Tobacco Company, LLC (f/k/a Lorillard Tobacco Company)) 

as Successor Issuer 
 R.J.
REYNOLDS TOBACCO HOLDINGS, INC. 
 (as successor to Lorillard, LLC (f/k/a Lorillard, Inc.)) 

as Successor Guarantor 
 THE BANK
OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., 
 as Trustee 
  

 
 SEVENTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 Dated June 25, 2015 

to Indenture dated June 23, 2009 
  

 
  

 
  

 THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture”) is
made the 25th day of June, 2015, among R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, a North Carolina corporation (the “Successor Issuer”), R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Successor
Guarantor”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”). 

RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, Lorillard,
LLC (f/k/a Lorillard, Inc.), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Original Guarantor”), and Lorillard Tobacco Company, LLC (f/k/a Lorillard Tobacco Company), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Original
Issuer”), entered into an Indenture, dated June 23, 2009, with the Trustee (the “Original Indenture”, and as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified on or prior to the date hereof, the “Indenture”)
(all capitalized terms used in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture); 

WHEREAS, the Original Issuer and Original Guarantor entered into the supplemental indentures to the Original Indenture set forth in the
following table (collectively, the “Issuance Supplemental Indentures”) providing for the issuance by the Original Issuer of the series of notes set forth opposite each such Issuance Supplemental Indenture under the heading
“Series” in the following table (collectively, the “Notes”) guaranteed by the Original Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture and the Guarantee Agreements related to each such series of the Notes: 

 

					
	 Issuance Supplemental
Indenture
	  	 Date
	  	 Series

	 First
	  	June 23, 2009	  	8.125% Senior Notes due June 23, 2019
			
	 Second
	  	April 12, 2010	  	 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020
 8.125% Senior
Notes due 2040

			
	 Third
	  	August 4, 2011	  	 3.500% Senior Notes due 2016
 7.000% Senior
Notes due 2041

			
	 Fourth
	  	August 21, 2012	  	2.300% Senior Notes due 2017
			
	 Fifth
	  	May 20, 2013	  	3.750% Senior Notes due 2023

 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated June 12, 2015 among the Successor Issuer, the
Original Issuer, the Successor Guarantor, the Original Guarantor and the Trustee, and pursuant to and in accordance with Article 8 and Section 901 of the Original Indenture, the Successor Issuer expressly assumed the obligations of the Original
Issuer under each series of the Notes and the Indenture and the Successor Guarantor expressly assumed the obligations of the Original Guarantor under the Guarantee Agreements for each series of the Notes and the Indenture; 

WHEREAS, Reynolds American Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“RAI”), owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Successor Issuer and the Successor Guarantor, and has solicited consents (the “Consent Solicitations”) from eligible Holders of each series of the Notes to certain proposed amendments to the
Indenture (the “Proposed Indenture Amendments”) as set forth herein, pursuant to the terms of RAI’s Offer to Exchange and Consent Solicitation Statement dated June 11, 2015 (the “Offer to Exchange”); 

  
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 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 902 of the Indenture, with the consent of the Holders of more
than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of each series listed above (the “Requisite Consents”), the Successor Issuer, the Successor Guarantor and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture for the
purpose of adopting the Proposed Indenture Amendments with respect to each such series; 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Consent Solicitations,
the Requisite Consents to the adoption of the Proposed Indenture Amendments have been obtained with respect to each series of Notes; 

WHEREAS, the entry into this Seventh Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto is in all respects authorized by the provisions of the
Original Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture
and to make it a valid and binding obligation of the Successor Issuer and Successor Guarantor have been done or performed. 
 NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 
 For and in consideration of the foregoing premises, it is mutually covenanted and agreed
as follows: 
 Section 1. Deletions from Indenture. The text of the following articles and sections of the Indenture (in
the case of each outstanding series of Notes, as amended with respect to such series pursuant to the corresponding Issuance Supplemental Indenture) is hereby deleted from the Indenture: 

 

			
	 Article Eight
		Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
	 Section 1004
		Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
	 Section 1006
		Corporate Existence
	 Section 1007
		Limitations on Liens
	 Section 1008
		Sale and Leaseback Transactions

 In addition, the text set forth in Sections 501(4) and (6) of the Indenture (in the case of each
outstanding series of Notes, as amended with respect to such series pursuant to the corresponding Issuance Supplemental Indenture) is hereby deleted from the Indenture. 

In place of the deleted text of the foregoing articles, sections and clauses, the following text is hereby inserted immediately after the
section, article or clause number: “[Reserved].” 
 In addition, the text set forth in the second sentence of Section 704(1)
of the Indenture is hereby deleted from the Indenture. 
 Any and all references to the foregoing deleted articles, sections, clauses and
sentences and any and all obligations thereunder related solely to such deleted articles, sections, clauses and sentences throughout the Indenture are of no further force or effect. All definitions in the Indenture which are used exclusively in the
foregoing deleted articles, sections, clauses and sentences are of no further force or effect. 

  
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 Section 2. Amendments to Section 501. The first paragraph of the
definition of “Event of Default” set forth in Section 501 of the Indenture (in the case of each outstanding series of Notes, as amended with respect to such series pursuant to the corresponding Issuance Supplemental Indenture) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following: 
 “‘Event of Default’ wherever used herein
with respect to the Notes means any one of the following events and such other events as may be established with respect to the Notes as contemplated by Section 301 (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body); provided, however, no failure to comply with
Section 1011 shall constitute a default or Event of Default if the purported noncompliance is in connection with the Lorillard Merger, the Lorillard Tobacco Merger or any transactions related to, arising out of or undertaken in connection
therewith: 
 In addition, Section 501(5) of the Indenture (in the case of each outstanding series of Notes, as amended with respect to
such series pursuant to the corresponding Issuance Supplemental Indenture) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following: 

“(5) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company with respect to it or its debts under
any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or similar official of it or any substantial part of its property; and such case or other proceeding
(A) results in the entry of an order for relief or a similar order against it, unless the Company consents to the entry of such order, or (B) shall continue unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days, unless the Company
consents to the continuation of such case or proceeding; or” 
 In addition, Section 501(7) of the Indenture (in the case of each
outstanding series of Notes, as amended with respect to such series pursuant to the corresponding Issuance Supplemental Indenture) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following: 

“(7) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Guarantor with respect to it or its debts
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or similar official of it or any substantial part of its property; and such case or other
proceeding (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or a similar order against it, unless the Guarantor consents to the entry of such order, or (B) shall continue unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days, unless
the Guarantor consents to the continuation of such case or proceeding; or” 
 Section 3. Amendments to
Section 101. The last paragraph in the definition of the term “Change of Control” set forth in Section 101 of the Indenture (in the case of each outstanding series of Notes, as amended with respect to such series pursuant to
the corresponding Issuance Supplemental Indenture) is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following: 

  
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 “Notwithstanding the foregoing (a) none of the Lorillard Merger, the Lorillard Tobacco
Merger or any transactions related to, arising out of or undertaken in connection therewith shall constitute or result in a Change of Control and (b) a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (i) the Company
becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company and (ii) (A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the
holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the
Voting Stock of such holding company. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “holding company” as used in the preceding sentence shall specifically include (1) RAI, in the case of the Lorillard Merger, and (ii) RAI and RJR, in the
case of the RJR Contribution. Further, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be obligated to comply with Section 1011 of the Indenture in connection with the Lorillard Merger, the Lorillard Tobacco Merger or any transactions related
to, arising out of or undertaken in connection therewith.” 
 In addition, the following definitions are hereby added to
Section 101 of the Indenture (in the case of each outstanding series of Notes, as amended with respect to such series pursuant to the corresponding Issuance Supplemental Indenture): 

“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors
who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on June 25, 2015 or (2) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board
of Directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment, or with the approval of the Company’s sole shareholder. 

“Lorillard” means Lorillard, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a Lorillard, Inc.). 

“Lorillard Merger” means the merger of Lantern Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned
subsidiary of RAI, with and into Lorillard, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 14, 2014, as amended, by and among Lorillard, RAI and Lantern Acquisition Co. on June 12,
2015. 
 “Lorillard Tobacco” means Lorillard Tobacco Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a
Lorillard Tobacco Company). 
 “Lorillard Tobacco Merger” means the merger of Lorillard Tobacco into RJRT on
June 12, 2015 following the completion of the Lorillard Merger. 
 “RAI” means Reynolds American Inc., a North
Carolina corporation. 
 “RJR” means R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct,
wholly owned subsidiary of RAI. 
 “RJR Contribution” means RAI’s contribution of all of the outstanding
capital stock of Lorillard to RJR on June 12, 2015 following the completion of the Lorillard Merger and prior to the Lorillard Tobacco Merger. 

“RJRT” means R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, a North Carolina corporation and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of
RAI. 

  
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 Section 4. Securities. Each Global Security representing the Notes, with effect on
and from the date hereof and subject to becoming operative as provided herein, shall be deemed supplemented, modified and amended in such manner as necessary to make the terms of such Global Security consistent with the terms of the Indenture after
giving effect to the amendments set forth in Sections 1, 2 and 3 hereof. 
 Section 6. Trustee. The recitals and statements in
this Seventh Supplemental Indenture are made by the Successor Issuer and the Successor Guarantor only and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture (other
than with respect to the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture by the Trustee). All of the provisions contained in the Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the
Trustee shall be applicable in respect of each series of the Notes and of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as if set forth herein in full. 

Section 7. Ratification of Indenture; Seventh Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. As amended and supplemented hereby,
the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Original Indenture, as supplemented prior to the date hereof, and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument and all
references to “Securities” in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to refer also to the Notes unless the context otherwise provides. 

Section 8. Governing Law. This Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York. 
 Section 9. Conflicts. In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of
the Original Indenture, as supplemented prior to the date hereof, and the terms and conditions of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, then the terms and conditions of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall prevail; provided that if and to the
extent that any provision of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included herein or in the Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.

 Section 10. Successors. All covenants and agreements in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture by the parties shall bind
their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
 Section 11. Severability. In case any provision
in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired hereby. In case any amendment of the Indenture
effected hereby that purports to apply to all Holders of outstanding Notes of an affected series is subsequently held to be unenforceable against Holders who did not consent to such amendment, such amendment shall nevertheless be enforceable against
all Holders who did consent to such amendment, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining amendments that may be enforced against all Holders of outstanding Notes of an affected series upon the receipt of the Requisite Consents
with respect to such series shall not in any way be affected or impaired hereby. 

  
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 Section 12. Third Parties. Nothing in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture,
expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors under the Indenture, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Seventh Supplemental Indenture. 

Section 13. Counterparts. This Seventh Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

Section 14. Headings. The headings of the sections in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture are for convenience of reference
only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof. 
 Section 15.
Effectiveness; Operativeness. This Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon the due execution and delivery of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture by the Successor Issuer, the Successor Guarantor and the Trustee. The Proposed
Indenture Amendments set forth in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall become operative when RAI shall have accepted and exchanged and/or paid for the Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the exchange
offers contemplated by the Offer to Exchange, provided, that the Proposed Indenture Amendments shall not become operative with respect to any series of Notes if the Requisite Consents with respect to such series do not remain validly delivered at
such time. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated
June 25, 2015 to be duly executed. 
  

			
	R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Successor Issuer
		
	By:		         /s/ Daniel A. Fawley

			        Name:  Daniel A. Fawley
			        Title:    Treasurer
	
	R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO HOLDINGS, INC., Successor Guarantor
		
	By:		         /s/ Daniel A. Fawley

			        Name:  Daniel A. Fawley
			        Title:    Senior Vice President and Treasurer

Signature Page to Seventh Supplemental Indenture to Indenture dated June 23, 2009 

			
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

Trustee

		
	By:		         /s/ Richard Tarnas

			        Name:   Richard Tarnas
			        Title:    Vice President

 Signature Page to Seventh Supplemental Indenture to Indenture dated June 23, 2009

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