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British American Tobacco to sell up to five-part dollar bond

By Natalie Harrison

NEW YORK, June 10 (IFR) - British American Tobacco (LSE: BATS.L - news) , rated A3/A-/A-, is selling a US dollar bond that will have up to five tranches with maturities of three to 10 years.

The deal is connected to tobacco giant Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI - news) 's acquisition of Lorillard (NYSE: LO - news) , and follows a six-part US$9bn deal to finance that acquisition on Tuesday.

BATS is selling the debt in order to maintain a 42% shareholding in the enlarged Reynolds company after the deal.

Active bookrunners Deutsche Bank (Xetra: 514000 - news) , Citi, HSBC and JP Morgan plan to price the BATS bond today. (Reporting by Natalie Harrison and John Balassi; Editing by Marc Carnegie)