R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
…Inc. in 1970. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was a subsidiary. R. J. Reynolds Industries merged with Nabisco Brands in 1985, and the name changed to RJR Nabisco in August 1986. In 1987, a bidding war ensued between several financial firms to acquire RJR Nabisco. Finally, the private equity takeover firm Kohlberg…