Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Imperial Brands PLC has announced that Chief Executive Officer Lukas Paravicini exercised nil-cost options on 64,731 ordinary shares on February 16, 2026, outside a trading venue, and subsequently sold 30,561 of these shares on the London Stock Exchange for GBP 32.19 each to cover associated taxes. Additionally, Chief Financial Officer Murray McGowan exercised nil-cost options on 33,794 ordinary shares on the same date outside a trading venue, and sold 15,955 shares on the London Stock Exchange for GBP 32.3042 each to cover taxes. These transactions relate to LTIP awards granted in February 2023.

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Imperial Brands PLC
17 February 2026
 

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

 

Name

 

LUKAS PARAVICINI 

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

INITIAL NOTIFICATION

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

 

Name

 

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC

b)

 

LEI

 

549300DFVPOB67JL3A42

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

 

 

ORDINARY SHARES

 

GB0004544929

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

EXERCISE OF NIL COST OPTION (AND ASSOCIATED TRANSFER OF SHARES, INCLUDING DIVIDEND ROLL-UP SHARES) GRANTED AS PART OF AN LTIP AWARD MADE IN FEBRUARY 2023

 

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

  NIL

64,731

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

 N/A

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

16 FEBRUARY 2026

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

OUTSIDE A TRADING VENUE

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

 

 

ORDINARY SHARES

 

GB0004544929

 

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

SALE OF SHARES TO PAY TAX DUE ON EXERCISE AND TRANSFER OF LTIP AWARD OPTIONS AND DIVIDEND ROLL-UP SHARES.

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

 GBP 32.19

30,561

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

 N/A

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

16 FEBRUARY 2026

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

XLON - LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

 

Name

 

MURRAY MCGOWAN

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

INITIAL NOTIFICATION

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

 

Name

 

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC

b)

 

LEI

 

549300DFVPOB67JL3A42

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

 

 

ORDINARY SHARES

 

GB0004544929

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

EXERCISE OF NIL COST OPTION (AND ASSOCIATED TRANSFER OF SHARES, INCLUDING DIVIDEND ROLL-UP SHARES) GRANTED AS PART OF AN LTIP AWARD MADE IN FEBRUARY 2023

 

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

  NIL

33,794

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 N/A

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

16 FEBRUARY 2026

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

OUTSIDE A TRADING VENUE

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

 

 

ORDINARY SHARES

 

GB0004544929

 

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

SALE OF SHARES TO PAY TAX DUE ON EXERCISE AND TRANSFER OF LTIP AWARD OPTIONS AND DIVIDEND ROLL-UP SHARES.

 

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

 GBP 32.3042

15,955

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

 

 N/A

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

16 FEBRUARY 2026

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

XLON - LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

 

Chris Winters

Deputy Company Secretary

 

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