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P. LORILLARD COMPANY Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders TO BE HELD APRIL 5, 1955 I To the Stockholders of P. Lorillard Company: NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of P. LORILLARD COMPANY, a New Jersey Corporation, will be held at the historic mill known as The Lorillard Snuff Mill located in The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York, N. Y., at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of April 5, 1955, for the following: (1) The election of thirteen (13) Directors to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified; (2) To consider and vote upon a proposed resolution in respect of the modification and amendment of the Retirement Allowance Plan for hourly rated and/or piecework employees, which resolution is described and set forth as Resolution No. 1 in the enclosed Proxy Statement; (3) To consider and vote upon a proposed resolution authorizing the Board of Directors to further amend said Retirement Allowance Plan for hourly rated and/or piecework employees, which resolution is described and set forth as Resolution No. 2 in the enclosed Proxy Statement; and (4) The transaction of such other business as may properly come before said meeting and any adjournment or adjournments thereof. The Stock Transfer Books will not be closed, but only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 7, 1955, will be entitled to vote, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the Company after such record date. ANNA F. WOESSNER, Secretary. Jersey City, N. J. February 25, 1955 If unable to be present at the meeting, please sign the enclosed Proxy and return it in the accompanying envelope so that the meeting may be properly held. PLEASE NOTE : In accordance with the authority given to the Directors by the stock- holders at the Annual Meeting held in 1951, the Directors have designated the place for the Annual Meeting this year as the historic mill known as The Lorillard Snuff Mill located in The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York, N. Y. To reach the Snuff Mill, see the accompanying directions.