Imperial Brands PLC
07 October 2026
IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42
Transaction in own shares
Imperial Brands PLC (the "Company") announces that on 06 October 2026 it purchased for cancellation the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each pursuant to its GBP 1.45 billion share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 7 October 2025.
Description of shares: Imperial Brands PLC - ordinary shares of 10 pence
Number of shares repurchased: 572,743
Date of transaction: 06 October 2026
Average price paid per share: GBp 2,475.1968
Lowest price paid per share: GBp 2,459.0000
Highest price paid per share: GBp 2,497.0000
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 758,131,896 (excluding treasury shares).
The figure of 758,131,896 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/0638Y_1-2026-10-7.pdf
These purchases are the last purchases to be made under the second £725 million tranche (the "Second Tranche") announced on 13 April 2026, part of the £1.45 billion share buyback programme (the "Share Buyback Programme") announced on 07 October 2025. Accordingly, the Second Tranche of the programme has been completed in accordance with its terms. Under the Second Tranche, the Company repurchased 27,067,529 shares of 10 pence each at an average price of 2678.49 pence per share. In aggregate, under the Share Buyback Programme, the Company repurchased 50,168,482 shares of 10 pence each at an average price of 2908.44 pence per share.
Contacts:
John Crosse +44 (0) 7484967842
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