Transaction in Own Shares

Imperial Brands PLC

11 September 2023

 

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42

Transaction in own shares

Imperial Brands PLC (the "Company") announces that on 11 September 2023 it purchased for cancellation the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each pursuant to its GBP 1 billion share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 06 October 2022.

Description of shares: Imperial Brands PLC - ordinary shares of 10 pence

Number of shares repurchased: 226,831

Date of transaction: 11 September 2023

Average price paid per share: GBp 1,765.9545

Lowest price paid per share: GBp 1,759.5000

Highest price paid per share: GBp 1,777.5000

Broker: Barclays Capital Securities Limited ("Barclays")

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.

All shares were purchased from Barclays as an on exchange transaction subject to the rules of the London Stock Exchange.

Following the purchase and subsequent settlement and cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 898,301,058 (excluding treasury shares).

The figure of 898,301,058 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is attached to this announcement.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0767M_1-2023-9-11.pdf

These purchases are the last purchases to be made under the second £500 million tranche (the "Second Tranche") announced on 03 April 2023, part of the £1 billion share buyback programme (the "Share Buyback Programme") announced on 06 October 2022. Accordingly, the Second Tranche of the programme has been completed in accordance with its terms. Under the Second Tranche, the Company repurchased 27,732,945 shares of 10 pence each at an average price of 1,802.91 pence per share. In aggregate, under the Share Buyback Programme, the Company repurchased 52,107,043 shares of 10 pence each at an average price of 1,919.13 pence per share.

Contacts:

Peter Durman                                                                [phone]

 

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