Top 5 European Companies To Watch For 2015

Top 5 European Companies To Watch For 2015: British American Tobacco Industries p.l.c.(BTI)

British American Tobacco p.l.c., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of tobacco products. The company offers cigars, cigarettes, smokeless snus, roll-your-own, and pipe tobacco products under the Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Rothmans, Peter Stuyvesant, Benson & Hedges, and State Express 555 brand names. It has operations in the Asia-Pacific, the Americas, eastern and western Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. British American Tobacco p.l.c. operates independently of Remgro Ltd. as of November 03, 2008.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Roland Head]

  LONDON -- Tobacco giantsBritish American Tobacco (LSE: BATS  ) (NYSEMKT: BTI  ) andImperial Tobacco Group (LSE: IMT  ) (NASDAQOTH: ITYBY  ) sell more than 1 trillion cigarettes every year.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Given the size of a potential acquisition of Lorillard would be quite large, we question how a bid from [Reynolds American] would be financed. Therefore, we think a more likely deal could be a merger between [Lorillard] and[Reynolds American] rather than an acquisition. Also, there has been speculation that British American Tobacco (BTI), which currently owns ~42% of[Reynolds American's] stock, could take a majority stake in[Reynolds American] after the standstill ends in July 2014. While we believe the most likely scenario is that [British American Tobacco] and[Reynolds American] could reach a strategic partnership to market/sell e-cigs globally, we wouldnt rule out[British American Tobacco] taking a majority stake in [Reynolds American]. Furthermore, if this occurs,[British American Tobacco] could help finance a potential acquisition of [Lorillard].

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