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State of New York ~ CTlT AND COUNTY OF NEW YO$H cJ• c1CGC[!/LCGTOBACCO~ AMERICA'S FIRSx CL/MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1760 ; NOTIC OF STOC'~HOLDERS MEETING TolheStockholdersdf'P.hm'iUardComymty: ., NOTICE i; 1' biven fbat the '` Annual Meeti tcw`.J{ders of I P. LORILLAR 0 NY, a New Jersey corPord I be hcld In the Grand B ~ ~ Commodore Hotel, 42nd e d" Lexin ton Avenue, : o'clock In the6 ~of April 9. 1968, for tlie p(jfposes: (•1) To adq ~ement of Mergsr pursuq • the Com• paey a New~~y~forporotion, would be merge } e^5)}rillard Cor• poration, a vrhoi{y olMped Delaware . subsidiary corporfttlsa.wpich would be the surviving`~pYpqration, and, ' among other efiec,f?,t, aNaln changes. in capttalization vJ~' be' made; (2) To elect fift directors; 13) To apprqvi;a• 1)oposal to-au~thorize grants of st6cR opfions, but only w)th respect to the number of '~ shares of Common Stock heretofore, authorized by the stockholders, under ' ; a new 1967 Stock Option Plan to be incorporated as Article Xyl of the " 9y-laws and certain options heretq• ' fo're granted ppr;uant thereto; (4) To approve amendments to ~r,the Incent)ve compensatJon plan of . the Cpmpa.ny; -ahd : , (5) To tran6act such other busi• , '' ness as may properly come before , the meeting or any adjournment there• ', af, includinq taking action upon aa resolution Yelating to cumulative ' voting for the electiow of directors Rroposed ssparo}ely by two gfock- ° oldsrs; if auck resolution is properly y: prsgented for action at the meeting. The stock transfer books will not, C' ,bs,olosed, but only stockholders of,, , ,record as of :he elose of buainess on, :. February 20, 1968, will be entitled,; , `.to receive notice and to vote. By order of the Board of Director;,'~` WILLIAM T. WELSH, Secrefary, ^ February 29,1968 :,. u ALAN PEDERSEN being duly sworn says he is the principal clerk of the Publisher of 0tlp Nrar PArk 01 imP.tS a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City and County of New York, that the advertisement hereto n N C Ed has been regularlyt,wpu0 blished in the sa~~F E K S 04e Netu ?Jurk Oitm ......... a week for ...... .. successive ....... 26 Commencing on the ......................................... a , . Dayof........... . ...MARCH ~R , 19.•- MARCH 26, Af'RIL~ 2, To wit on ............................ ................ 19..... ..................................................... .... Sworn to before me this Fr 2ND DAY OF APRIL 1968 F' `''' ~ o ievr York .......... ...................... ................ •>.t0 Lzptr8Lic5 )`Jbs • .t t . ..i7 .3V, I-