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49-483: In September 1985, Canada Trust was acquired by the conglomerate Genstar Corp., and at the beginning of 1986 Genstar merged Canada Trust with Canada Permanent. The new giant company, which became the country's sixth largest financial institution, was acquired in March 1986 by the tobacco conglomerate Imasco . In June 1999, Imasco's controlling shareholder, British American Tobacco , announced its plan to increase its share to

98-501: A joint venture , the "British-American Tobacco Company Ltd." The parent companies agreed not to trade in each other's domestic territory and to assign trademarks, export businesses and overseas subsidiaries to the joint venture. James Buchanan Duke became company chairman supported by Hugo Cunliffe-Owen (later Chairman) and Albert Jeffress (later Deputy Chairman); then business was begun in countries as diverse as Canada, China, Germany, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, but not in

147-544: A 45% stake and in September 2005 it announced that Honda would be buying the remaining 55% stake. The team raced as Honda Racing F1 Team in 2006, the last year of the Lucky Strike sponsorship before leaving the sport. For the 2006 season , the team was renamed as Honda F1 Racing Team, with BAT only advertised at a couple of races. All links between the two companies were severed for 2007 . In 2019, McLaren signed

196-516: A 67.8% holding in the Serbian tobacco company Duvanska Industrija Vranje (DIV) , allowing local manufacture of its brands, freeing them from import duties. In the longer term, export opportunities are planned as neighbouring countries in south east Europe developed free trade agreements. In July 2004, the U.S. business of British American Tobacco (Brown & Williamson) was combined with that of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (R. J. Reynolds), under

245-453: A bank. It was one of Canada's largest non-bank financial institutions , with $ 38 billion in deposits and $ 176 billion in assets. It had 11,000 employees and 3.5 million customers and operated a network of 413 branches across Canada; and almost 1,000 automated banking machines. Its banking machines were, at one point in the late 1980s to early 1990s, called "Johnnycash" machines. They were even promoted with lifesize cutouts of Johnny Cash asking

294-512: A consortium of institutional investors. British American Tobacco , or BAT, had owned 41.5% of Imasco's shares. In 2000, British American Tobacco purchased the remaining 58.5% shares in Imasco and amalgamated the company with Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited. This article about a Canadian corporation or company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . British American Tobacco British American Tobacco p.l.c. ( BAT )

343-551: A dynamic global organization. In 1997 BAT brought its participation in the sport to new levels with the purchase of the Tyrrell team for approximately £30 million. The team raced as Tyrrell for the 1998 season before being renamed as British American Racing (BAR). In 2005, a European Union (EU) directive was brought into force which required national governments to legislate to prevent tobacco sponsorship. In 2004, BAR announced that technology partner Honda had purchased

392-494: A fine for the companies' advertising and marketing campaign allegedly targeting Nigerian youth, and has asked the companies to fund an awareness campaign to educate young people about the dangers of their product. Several Nigerian state governments filed similar petitions. The government withdrew its lawsuit in February 2008. In 2008, the company was the subject of a BBC Two documentary, in which Duncan Bannatyne investigated

441-588: A get-out clause for the case of a major change of ownership. In 2003, BAT acquired Ente Tabacchi Italiani (ETI) S.p.A., Italy's state tobacco company. The important acquisition would elevate BAT to the number two position in Italy, the second largest tobacco market in the European Union. The scale of the enlarged operations would bring significant opportunities to compete and grow ETI's local brands and BAT's international brands. In August 2003, BAT acquired

490-680: A landmark case that pitted them against three Canadian cigarette giants, including JTI-Macdonald Corp. In 2012, British American Tobacco, along with Philip Morris International and Imperial Tobacco , sued the Australian Commonwealth government. At the High Court of Australia , they argued that the Commonwealth's plain packaging legislation was unconstitutional because it usurped the companies' intellectual property rights and good will on other than just terms. However,

539-834: A majority. As part of the deal, British American would sell Canada Trust to the Toronto-Dominion Bank . The sale, worth CAD 7.8 billion, closed on 1 February 2000. The articles of incorporation of the General Trust Corporation of Canada received royal assent on 23 July 1894. The founding shareholders were James Alexander Lougheed , Harry Symons, William Roper Hull , John Lineham , Alfred B. Few, George Kidd Leeson, Henry W. C. Meyer, Harry William Nanton, and Edmund Cave. Lougheed served as its first president. Historian Philip Smith wrote that, "having procured their charter, those early westerners do not seem to have done much with it, since references to it through

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588-623: A multi-year partnership deal with BAT through its transformation agenda "A Better Tomorrow", bringing the company back into Formula 1 for the first time since Honda succeeded BAR. This was also the second tobacco related deal signed since Formula 1 banned tobacco advertising in 2006. In late 2019, BAT and McLaren announced the signing of an enhanced partnership deal that saw BAT become a principal partner of McLaren with increased branding position. McLaren advertises BAT's New Category product brands Vuse (previously Vype) & Velo (previously Lyft) on their F1 and IndyCar cars. Vuse also partnered with

637-834: A primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index . It has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange . BAT plc ordinary shares are also listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary Shares . The company was formed in 1902, when the United Kingdom's Imperial Tobacco Company and the United States' American Tobacco Company agreed to form

686-646: A share in a factory in Burma. This made it the target of criticism from human rights groups. It sold its share of the factory in 2003 after an "exceptional request" from the British government. In 2002, BAT lost a lawsuit about the right to sell cigarettes under the Marlboro brand name in the UK. It had acquired Rothmans, which had previously bought a licence to use the name from Philip Morris. Philip Morris' attorneys invoked

735-478: A tentative deal with the Toronto-Dominion Bank to acquire CT Financial. In January 2000, Toronto-Dominion shareholders voted to approve the acquisition, which would see TD pay $ 67 per share for Imasco's 98.2 per cent of CT, worth CAD 7.8 billion. On 1 February 2000, finance minister Paul Martin approved the purchase, on the condition that Toronto-Dominion sell off CT's MasterCard business. After

784-600: Is a British multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products including electronic cigarettes . The company, established in 1902, is headquartered in London , England. As of 2021, it is the largest tobacco company in the world based on net sales and the third largest seller of vapes in the UK. BAT has operations in around 180 countries and its cigarette brands include Dunhill , Kent , Lucky Strike , Pall Mall and Rothmans . Its brands also include Velo, Vuse and Glo. BAT has

833-554: The Zurich Financial Services Group . The company's board is chaired by Luc Jobin, appointed in 2021. It's non-executive board members are Holly Keller Koeppel, Kandy Anand, Karen Guerra, Murray Kessler, Véronique Laury, Darrell Thomas and Serpil Timuray. British American Tobacco Ghana Limited is a public limited company operated by British American in Ghana . The company is listed ( GSE : BAT ) on

882-685: The stock index of the Ghana Stock Exchange , the GSE All-Share Index . It was formed in 1999 out of a merger between the Pioneer Tobacco Company and Meridian Tobacco. BAT have found many imaginative ways over the years to keep its brands in the public eye. ITC Limited , in which BAT holds a minority share, as recently as 1996 secured an arrangement to sponsor the Cricket World Cup which

931-584: The Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation, which included Permanent's subsidiary the Canada Permanent Trust Company. Effective 1 January 1986, Genstar merged Canada Trust with Canada Permanent. After the merger, Canada Trust's assets increased from $ 13.5 billion to $ 21 billion, and its number of branches increased from 208 to 320. Additionally, the new Canada Trust held more savings deposits than both

980-519: The Croatian tobacco company TDR d.o.o. Brands and Factory in Kanfanar . In October 2016, BAT offered to buy the remaining 57.8 per cent of U.S. cigarette maker Reynolds American in a $ 47 billion takeover that would create the world's biggest listed tobacco company with brands including Newport, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall. In January 2017, Reynolds agreed to an increased $ 49.4 billion deal. The deal

1029-464: The Huron and Erie Mortgage Corporation in 1915, then began branding itself as Huron and Erie–Canada Trust; the branding was changed to Canada Trust–Huron and Erie in 1962 to reflect the company's national reach. In 1976, Huron and Erie changed its name to Canada Trustco Mortgage Company and continued to operate Canada Trust as a subsidiary. Canada Trust was a trust company that offered the same services as

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1078-666: The Japanese in 1941 following their 1937 invasion . In 1949 the company was ejected from China following the foundation of the People's Republic . In 1976 the Group companies were reorganised under a new holding company, "B.A.T. Industries". In 1994 BAT acquired its former parent, American Tobacco Company (though reorganised after anti-trust proceedings). This brought the Lucky Strike and Pall Mall brands into BAT's portfolio. In 1999 it merged with Rothmans International , which included

1127-542: The Kohl's department stores and two Marshall Field's divisions, The Crescent and Frederick & Nelson ; BATUS closed Gimbels the same year, with many locations being absorbed by sister division Marshall Field's, as well as Allied Stores' Stern's and Pomeroy's divisions. In 1990, Dayton Hudson Corporation (now Target Corporation ) purchased Marshall Field's, Dillard's purchased Ivey's (another Marshall Field's division), Investcorp S.A. purchased Saks Fifth Avenue, and Argos

1176-559: The McLaren F1 Team to race bespoke liveries designed by emerging artists for the 2021 to 2023 Abu Dhabi Grands Prix . In April 2024, McLaren announced a partnership extension with BAT, which includes the partnership being extended to the McLaren Formula E Team . As far back as 1958, BAT had information that cigarettes cause cancer. Three senior BAT scientists – H.R. Bentley, D.G.I. Felton, and W.W. Reid – travelled to

1225-526: The R. J. Reynolds name. R. J. Reynolds and Brown & Williamson were the second and third-ranking U.S. tobacco companies prior to the combination. When they combined, R. J. Reynolds became a subsidiary of Reynolds American , with BAT holding a 42% share. In January 2007, BAT closed its remaining UK production plant in Southampton with the loss of over 600 jobs. However, the global research and development operation, and some financial functions, continue on

1274-825: The Toronto-Dominion Bank and the Bank of Nova Scotia. Shortly after the Canada Trust–Canada Permanent merger, on 24 March 1986, the Montreal-based tobacco company Imasco made a USD 1.43 billion offer to take Genstar over. The offer received considerable criticism, and in April the cross-party finance committee of the House of Commons voted unanimously to block the takeover. The president of the Canadian Bankers' Association, Robert MacIntosh, called also for

1323-595: The United Kingdom or in the United States. In China, BAT inherited a factory in the Pudong district of Shanghai from W.D. & H.O. Wills , one of the precursor companies of Imperial Tobacco. Under the management of James Augustus Thomas from Lawsonville, in North Carolina 's Rockingham County, by 1919 the Shanghai factory was producing more than 243 million cigarettes per week. Thomas worked closely with

1372-564: The United States that year and talked to dozens of experts inside and outside of the tobacco industry. According to industry documents, all but one of those consulted believed a connection between cigarettes and cancer had been proved. Industry documents from the 1970s to the late 1990s shows that tobacco companies were seriously concerned about fatwas against smoking by Muslim jurists in Muslim majority countries . In 1996, an internal document from British American Tobacco warned that, because of

1421-631: The awareness of health risks from smoking is very low or nonexistent. In September 2001, BAT invested US$ 7.1 million in North Korean state-owned enterprise called the Korea Sogyong Trading Corporation, which employs 200 people in Pyongyang to produce up to two billion cigarettes a year. The operation is run by BAT's Singapore Division. Brands of cigarettes produced are Kumgansan, Craven A and Viceroy. BAT claims that

1470-679: The challenge was unsuccessful. In November 2014, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) fined BAT £650,000 after it determined that the company glutted the Belgian market with tobacco products with the likelihood these products would illegally find themselves back into the UK, with UK excise taxes not paid. The event highlighted a tobacco-smuggling issue that many anti-tobacco activists have been attempting to bring to light for years. Following several investigations, HMRC reportedly seized more than 1.4 billion cigarettes and 330 tons of hand rolling tobacco in 2013–2014. BAT denied all claims and described

1519-578: The cigarettes are produced only for consumption in North Korea, although there are allegations that the cigarettes are smuggled for sale overseas. British American Tobacco was declared the winner of the 2008 Roger Award , the award for the worst transnational corporation operating in New Zealand. British American Tobacco spent more than €700,000 lobbying the EU in 2008, up to four times as much as

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1568-443: The company declared on the EU's register of interest representatives, according to a report by Corporate Europe Observatory . The report argues that BAT's hidden lobbying activities, which are clearly not in the public interest, should be exposed to public scrutiny. The three largest Canadian tobacco companies, Imperial Tobacco Canada (a division of British American Tobacco), JTI-Macdonald Corp and Rothmans Benson & Hedges, were

1617-610: The local Wing Tai Vo Tobacco Company, which developed into BAT's principal Chinese partner after its success with the "Ruby Queen" cigarette brand. In 1911, the American Tobacco Company sold its share of the company. Imperial Tobacco gradually reduced its shareholding, but it was not until 1980 that it divested its remaining interests in the company. At its peak in 1937, BAT manufactured and distributed 55 billion cigarettes in China. The company's assets were seized by

1666-616: The marketing practices of the company in Africa and specifically the way the company targets younger Africans with branded music events, competitions and the sale of single cigarette sticks. Many of the practices uncovered by Bannatyne appeared to break BAT's own code of conduct and company standards. Towards the end of the programme, Bannatyne interviewed Chris Proctor, Head of Science and Regulation, in which Proctor admitted that advertisements targeting children from three African countries were 'disappointing'. In many of these undeveloped countries,

1715-593: The product would be test-marketed in Portland, Oregon and Austin, Texas by the end of the month. BAT has diversified into various fields at different times in its history. Its U.S. retail division, BATUS Retail Group , acquired Gimbels , Kohl's , and Saks Fifth Avenue in the 1970s and Marshall Field's and its divisions in 1982. It purchased the United Kingdom retail chain Argos in 1979. The company sold Kohl's grocery stores to A&P in 1983. In 1986, BATUS sold

1764-625: The question, "Why walk the line?", a reference to one of his hit songs . In the United States , CT Financial operated through First Federal Savings and Loan Association. First Federal was founded in 1896, and operated through 82 branches throughout New York State . CT Financial also operated other divisions including Truscan Realty Limited ( d/b/a Canada Trust Realty), CT Insurance Limited, and Canada Trust Bank N.V. In September 1985, Genstar Corporation of Vancouver, run by Angus MacNaughton, purchased Canada Trust. In 1981, Genstar had purchased

1813-1557: The rights to all of these brands in every nation they are marketed. Local brands owned by British American Tobacco include: Benson & Hedges , John Players Gold Leaf, Dunhill , Lucky Strike, Hollywood, Derby (Bangladesh), State Express 555 (Vietnam), Belmont (Colombia, Chile, Nicaragua and Venezuela), Jockey Club (Argentina), Stradbroke (Australia), Hollywood , Derby, Free, Minister and Plaza (Brazil), du Maurier (Canada), Prince (Denmark), North State (Finland), HB (Germany), Sopianae (Hungary), Wills (India), Ardath, Bentoel, and Tali Jagat (Indonesia), Carrolls, Carrolls Kings, Grand Parade, Black Allen (Germany), Sweet Afton , Major (Ireland), Boots, Alas (Mexico), Gold Leaf (Bangladesh, Pakistan), Jan III Sobieski (Poland), Yava Gold (Russia), Courtleigh, Peter Styvesant (South Africa), Kent, Pall Mall, Perilly's , Peter Stuyvesant , and Rothmans ( Malaysia ), Parisienne (Switzerland), Kent and Maltepe (Turkey), Xon, Astra and Karvon (Uzbekistan), Craven A (Vietnam and Jamaica) as well as BAT snus, Holiday, Freedom and Park Drive (New Zealand), Royals (UK and Malta), Embassy (Kenya), Viceroy , Newport, Lucky Strike in Dominican Republic and Delta in El Salvador. On 11 June 2006, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company announced that it would manufacture Camel brand snus in Sweden in partnership with British American Tobacco;

1862-579: The site. Then in 2008, BAT acquired Turkey's state-owned cigarette maker Tekel . In July 2008, BAT acquired the cigarette and snus operations of the Scandinavian Tobacco Group . BAT acquired 60% of Indonesia's Bentoel Group in 2009 before increasing its stake to 100% the following year. In May 2011, BAT acquired the Colombian company Productora Tabacalera de Colombia S.A.S. (Protabaco). In October 2015, BAT acquired

1911-458: The spread of "extremist views" from fundamentalists in countries such as Afghanistan, the industry would have to "prepare to fight a hurricane". The Nigerian federal government filed a lawsuit against BAT and two other tobacco companies in 2007. Nigeria sought $ 42.4 billion, $ 34.4 billion of which the government seeks in anticipation of the future cost of treating Nigerians for tobacco-related illnesses. It also sought $ 1.04 billion as

1960-606: The subject of the largest class action lawsuit in Canadian history. The case started on 12 March 2012 in Quebec Superior Court , and the companies face a potential payout of C$ 27 billion (US$ 21.6 billion) in damages and penalties. In addition, a number of Canadian provinces are teaming to sue tobacco companies to recover healthcare costs caused by smoking. On 1 June 2015, Quebec Superior Court Justice Brian Riordan has awarded more than $ 15 billion to Quebec smokers in

2009-430: The takeover to be blocked. On 17 April, Secretary of State Barbara McDougall announced that the takeover had been approved. By late May, Imasco had acquired around 95 per cent of Genstar shares. To help pay the debts incurred in the takeover, Imasco issued seven million shares of its own. In September 1987, Imasco formed a new holding company for Canada Trustco Mortgage, called CT Financial Services Inc. In 1999, Imasco

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2058-423: The takeover, Canada Trust's retail banking operations were integrated into TD's similar operations, now collectively known as TD Canada Trust . This new subsidiary now primarily provides traditional trust company services, and also services Canada Trust accounts opened prior to the merger with TD (other existing TD Canada Trust-branded accounts are actually issued by TD Bank itself). Imasco Imasco Limited

2107-662: The years in the Huron & Erie's records describe it as 'largely inactive.' " In 1899, seven officers of the Huron and Erie Savings and Loan Society of London, Ontario paid a combined $ 115,000 to acquire the General Trust Corporation of Canada. After the purchase, the group transferred their shares to Huron and Erie, moved General Trust's offices to London, and renamed the business the Canada Trust Company. Canada Trust opened for business in 1901 with Verschoyle Cronyn as its new president, and George Somerville as its managing director. The parent company changed its name to

2156-507: Was a Canadian corporation headquartered in Montreal, Quebec , Canada. It was founded in 1970 as Imperial and Associates, Co. Imasco was the former owner of Imperial Tobacco Canada , Canada Trust , Shoppers Drug Mart , Genstar, and the Hardee's restaurant chain. The company sold Hardee's in 1997 to CKE , Canada Trust in 2000 to Toronto-Dominion Bank and Shopper's Drug Mart in 2000 to

2205-593: Was branded the "Wills World Cup" and thereby achieved a high level of brand recognition for the Wills cigarette brand in India where young cricket fans were a key target market. BAT previously sponsored the London Symphony Orchestra . Furthermore, BAT established The British American Tobacco Internship programme which is designed to help new graduates gain experience in their chosen field of study in

2254-552: Was completed in July 2017. In April 2017, the company announced the acquisition of a number of Bulgarian cigarette brands from Bulgartabac for more than €100 million. In March 2021, the company bought a stake of close to 20% in the Canada-based cannabis producer OrganiGram for about £126 million as part of a diversification strategy. In May 2023, the company's chief executive, Jack Bowles, resigned with immediate effect. He

2303-410: Was controlled by British American Tobacco , which owned 42 per cent of the company's shares. In June of that year, British American announced a plan to increase its share to 58 per cent. As part of the purchase, British American would dispose of Imasco's three non-tobacco businesses: CT Financial Services, Shoppers Drug Mart , and Genstar Development . In August, British American announced it had struck

2352-510: Was demerged (Argos was acquired by previous parent company GUS plc in 1998). The Group was a major financial services company with the acquisitions of Eagle Star (1984), Allied Dunbar (1985) and the Farmers Group, Inc. (1988). Around 1996 British American Tobacco merged its financial operations into a single operating unit, British American Financial Services (BAFS). This division merged with Zurich Insurance Company in 1998 to form

2401-641: Was replaced by Tadeu Marroco, who had served as finance director for four years. On 14 September 2023, the company announced the sale of BAT Russia to a consortium led by local management. BAT Russia changed its name to the International Tobacco Marketing Services Group. The company offers an extensive range of brands: Global brands include Dunhill , Kent , North State, Lucky Strike , Pall Mall , Vogue , Rothmans International , Winfield , State Express 555 , KOOL , and Viceroy . BAT does not necessarily own

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