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Imperial Brands PLC

29 May 2019

Imperial Brands statement re US cigarette volume trends

Imperial Brands publishes the following industry volume data for the US market.

 
 MSAi                          4 weeks   52 weeks 
 Industry FMC volumes to 18 
  May 2019 (YoY)                -6.4%     -4.9% 
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ITG Brands has continued to gain share over recent months leading to a 14 basis point gain in share over the past 26-week period. We expect full year US industry volume declines will be maintained around 4.5-5%.

Basis of presentation

Volume and market share data is based on MSAi. MSAi compiles weekly data from over 300,000 stores, representing at least 95% of US tobacco volumes. It does not rely on any extrapolation as a result of its extensive coverage.

   Investor Contacts                                                  Media Contacts 
   Peter Durman +44 (0)7970 328 093                     Alex Parsons +44 (0)7967 467 241 
   Matt Sharff +44 (0)7964 328 093                          Simon Evans +44 (0)7967 467 684

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