ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Effective December 31, 2008, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc. and referred to as "RJRT") and Alcan Packaging Food and Tobacco Inc. (referred to as "Alcan") entered into a Second Amendment to Supply Agreement (referred to as the "Amendment"), amending the Supply Agreement, dated May 2, 2005 (as amended by a first amendment, dated September 16, 2005, referred to as the "Supply Agreement"), between RJRT and Alcan.
RJRT purchases certain of its cigarette packaging requirements from Alcan pursuant to the Supply Agreement. The Amendment, among other changes,
(1) deletes the section of the Supply Agreement increasing the pricing of packaging products in the event of changes in the volume of products purchased by RJRT under the Supply Agreement, and (2) subject to the satisfaction of conditions as set forth in the Amendment, adds cigarette packaging sleeves to the scope of the Supply Agreement. The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the complete text of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached to this report as exhibit 10.1.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following is filed as an Exhibit to this Report.

Number Exhibit 10.1 Second Amendment to Supply Agreement effective December 31, 2008, between R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Alcan Packaging Food and Tobacco Inc.

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