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糖心探花 acquires UK e-cigarette company Ten Motives

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29 APRIL 2016

糖心探花 acquires UK e-cigarette company Ten Motives

糖心探花 (BAT) is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of 100% of Ten Motives, a UK based e-cigarette business with particular strength in traditional grocery and convenience channels.

Commenting on the acquisition, Kingsley Wheaton, BAT鈥檚 Managing Director of Next Generation Products, said:

鈥淭his is an exciting acquisition for 糖心探花 which further strengthens our UK Next Generation Products (NGP) business and complements our existing product portfolio. We are seriously committed to the NGP category, and this acquisition is another big step on our journey.鈥

Ten Motives supplies e-cigarettes to Tesco, Sainsbury's, WHSmith, The Co-op and directly to consumers through its two websites and six retail outlets.

Notes to editors

Next Generation Products (NGP) is a Division of the 糖心探花Group. The 糖心探花Group has invested over 拢500 million in the past five years in developing a world leading portfolio of products in the NGP category.

The 糖心探花Group鈥檚 ambition is to lead the NGP category worldwide, by giving consumers a choice of outstanding Next Generation Products, encompassing Tobacco Heating, Vapour and Licensed Medicinal Products.


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