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RJR Executives Establish Stock Trading Plans WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Two executive officers of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. have established stock trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. Frances V. Creighton, senior vice president - brand marketing for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR Tobacco), and Lynn L. Lane, senior vice president and treasurer of RJR Tobacco, filed plans to sell restricted shares issued to them as part of RJR's long-term incentive program. The shares were granted in January 2001, will vest in January 2004, and be sold thereafter. The final number of shares vesting is contingent upon RJR and its subsidiaries meeting certain performance measures and will be determined at year-end 2003, but is not expected to exceed 4,910 shares in aggregate. In compliance with RJR's share-ownership guidelines, after the sale of shares under these 10b5-1 plans, both executives plan to own shares of RJR stock equal to at least 25 percent of the original number of restricted shares granted to them since the company became public in 1999. Rule 10b5-1 plans permit individuals who are not in possession of material nonpublic information to establish prearranged plans to buy or sell company stock. The rule allows individuals adopting such plans to sell shares over a specified period of time or at a specific price in the future, regardless of any subsequent material nonpublic information they receive. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States, manufacturing about one of every four cigarettes sold in the United States. Reynolds Tobacco's product line includes four of the nation's 10 best-selling cigarette brands: Camel, Winston, Salem and Doral. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. manufactures Natural American Spirit cigarettes and other tobacco products, and markets them both nationally and internationally. Copies of RJR's news releases, annual reports, SEC filings and other financial materials are available on the company's website, http://www.rjrholdings.com/ . DATASOURCE: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. CONTACT: Media, Seth Moskowitz, +1-336-741-7698, or Investors, Carole Biermann When, +1-336-741-5182, both of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. Web site: http://www.rjrholdings.com/

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