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`Case 1:20-cv-00393-LMB-WEF Document 1462-16 Filed 04/05/23 Page 2 of 5 PageID# 39710
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`·1· · · · · · ·UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`·2· · · · ·FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
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`·3· · · · · · · · · ALEXANDRIA DIVISION
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`·5· ·__________________________
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`·6· ·RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS,· ·)
`· · ·INC., et al.· · · · · · · )
`·7· · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)· · ·Civil Action
`· · · · · · Plaintiffs,· · · · )
`·8· · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·)· · ·No. 1:20-cv-00393
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`· · ·ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES· · )
`10· ·LLC, et al.,· · · · · · · )
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`11· · · · · Defendants.· · · · )
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`14· · · · · · ·DEPOSITION OF MICHAEL MANSON
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`15· · · ·Individually and as 30(b)(6) Designee of
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`16· · · · · · · ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
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`17· · · · · · · · ·(Via videoconference)
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`18· · · · · · · · · ·November 18, 2020
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`24· ·Reported by:· John L. Harmonson, RPR
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`25· ·Job No. 186494
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`Case 1:20-cv-00393-LMB-WEF Document 1462-16 Filed 04/05/23 Page 3 of 5 PageID# 39711
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · · ·M. MANSON
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`·2· ·specific items such as the licensing agreement
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`·3· ·with Fontem, such as some of the other documents
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`·4· ·in that space as well.· So off the top of my
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`·5· ·head, those are the ones that I know I reviewed,
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`·6· ·but I reviewed a pretty wide range set of
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`·7· ·documents.
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`·8· · · · Q.· · Okay.· And you mentioned the Fontem
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`·9· ·license.· Did you review any other licenses?
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`10· · · · A.· · The licensing agreement with JUUL.
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`11· · · · Q.· · Any others?
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`12· · · · A.· · No.
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`13· · · · Q.· · So I understand you are employed by
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`14· ·Philip Morris USA; is that correct?
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`15· · · · A.· · That's correct.
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`16· · · · Q.· · And you're currently an officer of
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`17· ·Philip Morris USA?
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`18· · · · A.· · That's correct.
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`19· · · · Q.· · And your current title, is that vice
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`20· ·president of heated tobacco products at Philip
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`21· ·Morris USA?
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`22· · · · A.· · That's correct.
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`23· · · · Q.· · And what are your responsibilities in
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`24· ·that role?
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`25· · · · A.· · I oversee the commercialization of the
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · · ·M. MANSON
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`·2· ·IQOS products within the United States market.
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`·3· · · · Q.· · And you understand that the topics we
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`·4· ·discussed earlier, you're designated as a
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`·5· ·representative to testify here on behalf of
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`·6· ·Philip Morris USA; correct?
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`·7· · · · A.· · Yes, I understand that.
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`·8· · · · Q.· · And prior to your role as vice
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`·9· ·president, you were a director of heated tobacco
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`10· ·products at Philip Morris USA?
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`11· · · · A.· · That's right.
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`12· · · · Q.· · Okay.· And you were also previously
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`13· ·senior director of strategy and business
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`14· ·development from about April 2019 through
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`15· ·October 2019?
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`16· · · · A.· · That's right.
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`17· · · · Q.· · And your employer in that role was
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`18· ·Altria Client Services?
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`19· · · · A.· · I had two roles simultaneously for a
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`20· ·portion of 2019, so I maintained my role within
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`21· ·Philip Morris USA and also worked on a related
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`22· ·initiative within the strategy and business
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`23· ·development group at Altria.
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`24· · · · Q.· · Okay.· And you understand you're also
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`25· ·a designated representative to testify here today
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · · ·M. MANSON
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`·2· · · · behavior in.
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`·3· ·BY MS. SMITH:
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`·4· · · · Q.· · So you did not consider Reynolds vapor
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`·5· ·products as competing with IQOS?
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`·6· · · · A.· · That's correct.
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`·7· · · · Q.· · Okay.· So does Altria or Philip Morris
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`·8· ·USA currently have any e-vaping products on the
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`·9· ·market in the United States?
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`10· · · · A.· · No.
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`11· · · · Q.· · So it does not currently have any
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`12· ·competitive e-vaping products to Reynolds Vuse
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`13· ·vaping products right now?
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`14· · · · · · · MS. DANEK:· Objection; form.
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`15· · · · · · · THE WITNESS:· Philip Morris USA and
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`16· · · · Altria and its affiliates do not currently
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`17· · · · sell any e-vapor product.
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`18· ·BY MS. SMITH:
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`19· · · · Q.· · Okay.· But they have in the past?
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`20· · · · A.· · Yes.
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`21· · · · Q.· · Nu Mark has sold e-vapor products?
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`22· · · · A.· · Yes.
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`23· · · · Q.· · And do you recall when Nu Mark began
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`24· ·selling any e-vapor products?
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`25· · · · · · · MS. DANEK:· Objection; outside the
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