RJR Nabisco: Difference between revisions

'''RJR Nabisco, Inc.''', was an [[United States|American]] [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]], selling [[Tobacco products|tobacco]] and [[food products]], headquartered in the [[Calyon Building]]<!--1301 Avenue of the Americas--> in [[Midtown Manhattan]], [[New York City]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/19990202223718/http://www.rjrnabisco.com/annual97/info.htm Investor Information 1997 Annual Report]." RJR Nabisco. February 2, 1999. Retrieved on December 2, 1999. "Corporate Offices: RJR Nabisco, Inc. 1301 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019"</ref> RJR Nabisco stopped operating as a single entity in 1999; however, both RJR (as [[R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company]]) and [[Nabisco]] (now part of [[Mondelēz International]]) still exist.

It became RJR Nabisco on April 25, 1986, after the company's $4.9 billion purchase, and earlier 1.9 billion [[stock swap]], of Nabisco Brands Inc. in 1985.<ref name=NYTimes/><ref name=Sequence>{{cite web|url=http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/RAI/774487414x5356905x279278/335b63c9-8094-4559-a378-0dd439f13e98/securities.pdf|title=A Stock History – Sequence of Events|access-date=2012-03-23}}</ref>

*[[Del Monte Foods]] was sold to [[Merrill Lynch]], [[Court Square Capital Partners|Citicorp Venture Capital]], and [[Kikkoman]]. Del Monte's Asia operations (outside the Philippines) were separately sold to Kikkoman.<ref>{{Cite news | issn = 0458-3035 | last = GANGALa Ganga | first = MARIAMaria L. La | title = RJR Sells Del Monte Operations for $1.4 Billion : Deal Puts Company Close to Lenders' February, 1990, Debt-Reduction Goal | work = Los Angeles Times | access-date = 2015-02-09 | date = 1989-09-26 | url = https://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-26/business/fi-270_1_del-monte }}</ref>