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Imperial Brands PLC announced on 24 August 2026 that it purchased 244,746 of its ordinary shares for cancellation on 21 August 2026. The shares were acquired from Barclays Capital Securities Limited at an average price of GBp 2,505.4385 per share, as part of a GBP 1.45 billion share repurchase programme announced on 7 October 2025. Following this purchase and cancellation, the company has 765,032,008 ordinary shares remaining in issue.
| Date | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Time | 09:39:40 |
| Category | Capital structure |
| ID | 8628R |
IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42
Transaction in own shares
Imperial Brands PLC (the "Company") announces that on 21 August 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: 244,746
Date of transaction: 21 August 2026
Average price paid per share: GBp 2,505.4385
Lowest price paid per share: GBp 2,494.0000
Highest price paid per share: GBp 2,518.0000
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 765,032,008 (excluding treasury shares).
The figure of 765,032,008 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/8628R_1-2026-8-24.pdf
Contacts:
John Crosse +44 (0) 7484967842