11.   Uhrig said that the RTZ selldown gave the merged group enormous financial muscle in financing new projects.

12.   B.A.T. Industries Chairman Lord Cairns will become non-executive vice chairman of the merged group.

13.   Grant, the Lucas finance director, will hold that position with the merged group.

14.   Kingfisher Chief Executive Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy will hold the same role in the merged group.

15.   Lord Cairns will become non-executive vice chairman of the merged group.

16.   Lord Stevens, the chairman of United News, will be chairman of the merged group under plans unveiled Thursday.

17.   No name has yet been announced for the merged group.

18.   The French government has said it will remain the largest shareholder in the merged group.

19.   The Lucas finance director, John Grant, will hold that position in the merged group.

20.   The merged group intends to create a more efficient system for collecting information about pediatric cancer cases and about the results of various treatments and research programs.