Exhibit 7
Summary of Five-year Eurobond Terms Available to R.J. Reynolds
Dollar
yen
Eurobonds Eurobonds
Face value
100
25,000
Price
100.125% 100.250%
Fees
1.875%
1.875%
Coupon (paid annually)
10.125%
6.375%
Final Redemption
100
25,000
Yen/Dollar
Dual
Currency
Eurobonds
25,000
101.500%
1.875%
7.750%
115.956 $
Exhibit 8
Long-dated Yen/Dollar Forward Exchange Rates (Forward Arranged by Nikko Securities)
Year
0
1
2
3
4
5
Outright Rates
Bid
Offer
236.80
236.90
231.30
231.70
223.90
225.90
215.60
218.70
207.10
211.20
197.60
202.70
% spread
0.04%
0.17%
0.89%
1.42%
1.94%
2.52%
Exhibit 9
Currency and Interest Rate Swap Indications (All rates are against six-month dollar LIBOR)
5-year Dollar Rates
5-year Yen Rates
Semiannual Quotation Benchmark
Pay
Receive US Treasury
T + 60
T + 76
9.88%
Semiannual Fixed Rates
Against 6-month Dollar
LIBOR
Pay
Receive
10.48%
10.64%
6.98%
7.22%
All in cost Calculation
Alternatif 1 : Eurodollar bonds
Year
0
1
2
3
4
5
All in cost
Cash Flows
98.25
-10.125
-10.125
-10.125
-10.125
-110.125
10.59%
Alternatif 2a : Euroyen hedged into Dollar by Forward Contract
Year
0
Yen CF
24,593.75
$ CF
103.81
RJR
buy $
Annual Fixed Rates
Against 6-Month Dollar
LIBOR
Pay
10.75%
7.10%
1
2
3
4
5
All in cost
-1,593.75
-1,593.75
-1,593.75
-1,593.75
-26,593.75
6.77%
-6.89
-7.12
-7.39
-7.70
-134.58
Sell $
Sell $
Sell $
Sell $
Sell $
10.64%
Alternatif 2b : Euroyen hedged into Dollar by Currency Swap
RJR receipts
From
Swaps flows with MGL
Year
euroyen bondYen
Dollar
Yen excess $ eq.
0
24,593.75 -24,258.82
102.40
334.93
1
-1,593.75
1,593.75
-11.18
2
-1,593.75
1,593.75
-11.18
3
-1,593.75
1,593.75
-11.18
4
-1,593.75
1,593.75
-11.18
5
-26,593.75
26,593.75
-113.58
All in cost
6.77%
7.10%
1.41
10.92%
10.92%
Alternative 3a : Dual Currency bond hedged into $ by Forward Contract
Year
0
1
2
3
4
5
All in cost
Dual Currency
Yen CF
Dollar CF Effective $ CF
24906.25
105.134
-1937.5
-8.377
-1937.5
-8.653
-1937.5
-8.987
-1937.5
-9.355
-1937.5
-115.956
-125.761
10.21%
Alternative 3b : Dual Currency bond hedged into $ by Interest Rate Swap
RJR receipts
Dual Currency
swap flows with MGL
Year
Yen CF
Dollar CF
Yen
Dollar
0
24906.25
-7,922.91
33.44
1
-1937.5
1937.5
-9.031
2
-1937.5
1937.5
-9.031
3
-1937.5
1937.5
-9.031
4
-1937.5
1937.5
-9.031
5
-1937.5
-115.956
1937.5
-9.031
All in cost
7.10%
10.92%
Yen excess
16983.34
Summary of Result
Alt 1
Alt 2a
Alt 2b
Alt 3a
Alt 3b
Dollar all in cost
Spread over
Annual
Semiannual benchmark
10.59%
10.33%
45
10.64%
10.37%
49
10.55%
10.29%
41
10.21%
9.96%
8
10.27%
10.02%
14
Annual Fixed Rates
Against 6-Month Dollar
LIBOR
Receive
10.92%
7.35%
Effective
Dollar flow
103.81
-11.18
-11.18
-11.18
-11.18
-113.58
Basis point conversion
Yen
Dollar
(1.3541) (1.3541)
-0.3311
-0.3656
-0.3311
-0.3656
-0.3311
-0.3656
-0.3311
-0.3656
-0.3311
-0.3656
Calculation of effective swap rates
Yen
Quoted swap rates
7.10%
Add
Yen basis points
Dollar basis points
Effective swap rates
10.55%
$ equiv.
71.69
7.10%
Effective
$ CF
105.13
-9.031
-9.031
-9.031
-9.031
-124.987
10.27%
10.92%
-0.33
6.77%
Dollar
10.92%
-0.37
10.55%