Given the industry in which Imperial Brands operates, tobacco legislation will of course be closely monitored, including measures put in place by various governments to reduce the number of smokers, such as tax increases or neutral cigarette packages.
The Imperial Brands Group currently owns several subsidiaries, including the tobacco and matches industrial exploitation company or Seita, Reemtsma, the Ivorian Tobacco Company or SITAB, the Central African Cigarette Company or SOCACIG, the Burkinabe Cigarette Factory or MABUCIG, the Moroccan Tobacco Company, the Chadian Cigarette Factory and the National Tobacco and Matches Company of Mali or SONATAM.