R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Declares Quarterly Dividend

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Declares Quarterly Dividend 


WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Dec. 9  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.  today declared a quarterly cash dividend
on the company's common stock of $0.95 per common share, or $3.80 on an
annualized basis.  The dividend is payable Jan. 2, 2004, to stockholders of
record on Dec. 19, 2003.  This is the company's 18th consecutive quarterly
dividend since becoming a publicly traded company in June 1999.

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: Seth Moskowitz for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.,

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Web site:  http://www.rjrholdings.com/

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