Imperial Brands annouce a dividend per share up 4.5% to 153.42 pence per share, in line with their progressive dividend policy
Other financial highlights include:
Delivered a further acceleration with net revenue up 4.6% from tobacco & next generation products
Aggregate market share gains (+5bps) in their five priority markets with four out of five markets in share growth
Next generation product net revenue up 26% with growth from all three regions and improved gross margins
Growth at Logista reflected strong tobacco pricing and benefit of prior year acquisitions
Adjusted earnings per share up 10.9% driven by profit growth and share count reduction; reported EPS up 19.1%
Cash generation was strong; free cash flow of £2.4bn
Capital returns of c. £2.8bn underway for FY25 with £1.25bn buybac
