IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No.
549300DFVPOB67JL3A42
Transaction in own shares
Imperial Brands PLC (the
"Company") announces that
on 29 October 2024 it purchased for cancellation the following
number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each pursuant
to its GBP 1.1
billion share repurchase programme,
details of which were announced on 05 October 2023.
Description of shares: Imperial
Brands PLC - ordinary shares of 10 pence
Number of shares repurchased:
175,700
Date of transaction: 29 October
2024
Average price paid per share:
GBp 2,298.487600
Lowest price paid per
share: GBp 2,261.000000
Highest price paid per
share: GBp 2,327.000000
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 842,648,151
(excluding treasury shares).
The figure of 842,648,151 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/1238K_1-2024-10-29.pdf
These purchases are the last
purchases to be made under the second £550 million tranche (the
"Second Tranche") announced on 11 March 2024, part of the £1.1
billion share buyback programme (the "Share Buyback Programme")
announced on 05 October 2023. Accordingly, the Second Tranche of
the programme has been completed in accordance with its terms.
Under the Second Tranche, the Company repurchased 27,335,402 shares
of 10 pence each at an average price of 2012.0428 pence per share.
In aggregate, under the Share Buyback Programme, the Company
repurchased 57,652,907 shares of 10 pence each at an average price
of 1,907.9696 pence per share.
Contacts:
Peter
Durman
+44 (0) 7970 328 903