PRESS RELEASE
09 DECEMBER 2025
Tadeu Marroco, Chief Executive
鈥淔ull-year delivery remains on track.
鈥淚 am particularly pleased with our momentum in the U.S., the world鈥檚 largest nicotine value pool. Strengthened combustibles performance and enhanced commercial execution reinforce our future confidence. Velo Plus continues to deliver excellent results, reaching number 2 in volume and value share, with profitability3 on-track for full year.
鈥淩ecent Vuse volume and revenue improvement in the U.S. is encouraging, although the Vapour category continues to be impacted by illicit proliferation. Over time, we believe Vuse is well positioned to benefit from stronger Federal and State level enforcement.
鈥淕roup New Category revenue is accelerating to double-digit growth in H2.
鈥淰elo continues to grow strongly in all three regions, in the fastest growing New Category with the lowest risk*鈥 profile, relative to cigarettes.
鈥淲e remain focused on establishing glo Hilo as a premium offering in the largest Heated Products profit pools, across three priority markets in H2. Further roll-outs are planned in 2026.
鈥淰use Ultra, our premium vaping platform, is driving encouraging early results in priority launch markets of Canada, Germany and France. Premium 鈥榁apour Done Right鈥 is a significant, untapped segment for further value creation.
鈥淲hile there is more to do, we continue to prioritise investment in our most profitable markets and categories, driving accelerating New Category contribution3, in line with our Quality Growth approach. We remain confident in delivering our mid-term algorithm next year.
鈥淥ur strong operating cash conversion is driving increasing financial flexibility as we reduce leverage4 towards our 2.0-2.5x target range. I remain committed to delivering sustainable shareholder value supported by robust cash returns, progressive dividends and sustainable share buy-backs, and I am pleased to announce today that we are increasing our buy-back programme to 拢1.3bn for 2026.鈥
1. Combustibles: Resilient financial performance driven by the U.S. and AME
2. H2 New Category revenue growth acceleration, driven by Velo Plus and recent U.S. Vapour improvement
2.1 Velo: Clear category leadership in AME; excellent Velo Plus performance in the U.S.
2.2 glo: Broadly flat FY revenue growth, impacted by competitive activity and resource reallocation ahead of glo Hilo launches
2.3 Vuse: Improved H2 revenue performance driven by recent U.S. improvement
3. Continued strong cash delivery, and balanced capital allocation
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Financial guidance and trading update expectations based on constant rates: Measures are calculated based on the prior year's exchange rate, removing the potentially distorting effect of translational foreign听exchange on the Group's results. The Group does not adjust for normal transactional gains or losses in profit听from operations which are generated by exchange rate movements.
Share data YTD September 2025 average share growth vs. FY24 average.
This announcement also contains New Category contribution, adjusted profit from operations, adjusted听EBITDA, adjusted net debt, adjusted net finance costs and adjusted diluted earnings per share, all of which听are before the impact of adjusting items and which are reconciled from profit from operations, profit/(loss)听for the year, borrowings, net finance costs, and diluted earnings per share. See "Note on Non-GAAP听Measures".
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Share growth refers to volume share for HP and Modern Oral and value share for Vapour. As used herein,听volume share refers to the estimated retail sales volume of the product sold as a proportion of total estimated听retail sales volume in that category and value share refers to the estimated retail sales value of the product听sold as a proportion of total estimated retail sales value (rechargeable closed systems consumables and听disposables) in that category. Please refer to the 2024 Annual Report on Form 20鈥怓 for a full description of听these measures, together with a description of other Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), on pages 391 and 392.听Industry and global revenue refer to the total industry revenue in the markets in which we are present.
New Categories comprises Heated Products (HP), Vapour and Modern Oral.
This announcement contains several forward-looking non-GAAP measures used by management to听monitor the Group鈥檚 performance. For the non-GAAP information contained in this announcement, no听comparable GAAP or IFRS information is available on a forward-looking basis and our forward-looking听revenue and other components of the Group鈥檚 results, including adjusting items, cannot be estimated听with reasonable certainty due to, among other things, the impact of foreign exchange and adjusting听items, which could be significant, being highly variable. As such, no reconciliations for this forward-looking听non-GAAP information are available and we are unable to: present revenue before presenting constant听currency revenue途 or present profit from operations before presenting adjusted profit from operations at听constant rates, as adjusted for Canada; or present diluted EPS before presenting adjusted EPS at constant听rates as adjusted for Canada; or present profit/(loss) for the year before presenting adjusted EBITDA at constant rates as adjusted for Canada.
This announcement also contains New Category contribution, adjusted profit from operations, adjusted听EBITDA, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted net debt and adjusted net finance costs, all of which听are before the impact of adjusting items and which are reconciled from profit from operations, profit/(loss)听for the year, diluted earnings per share, borrowings and net finance costs.
Adjusting items, as identified in accordance with the Group鈥檚 accounting policies, represent certain items听of income and expense which the Group considers distinctive based on their size, nature or incidence.听These include significant items in, profit from operations, profit/(loss) for the year, diluted earnings per听share, net finance costs, which individually or, if of a similar type, in aggregate, are relevant to an听understanding of the Group鈥檚 underlying financial performance. Although the Group does not believe that听these measures are a substitute for IFRS measures, the Group does believe such results excluding the听impact of adjusting items provide additional useful information to investors regarding the underlying听performance of the business on a comparable basis.听
The Group鈥檚 Management Board reviews a number of our IFRS and non鈥怗AAP measures for the Group and听its geographic segments at constant rates of exchange. This allows comparison of the Group鈥檚 results, had听they been translated at the previous year鈥檚 average rates of exchange. The Group does not adjust for the听normal transactional gains and losses in operations that are generated by exchange movements.听Although the Group does not believe that these measures are a substitute for IFRS measures, the Group听does believe that such results excluding the impact of currency fluctuations year鈥恛n鈥恲ear provide听additional useful information to investors regarding the operating performance on a local currency basis.
Another non-GAAP measure which the Group uses and that is contained in this announcement is听operating cash conversion. Management reviews operating cash conversion as an indicator of the Group's听ability to turn profits into cash.
Certain adjusted measures, including adjusted profit from operations, category contribution, net finance听costs, adjusted diluted earnings per share, leverage, adjusted net debt and adjusted EBITDA, are also听presented on an 鈥渁djusted for Canada鈥 basis, reflecting the removal of 100% of adjusted profit from听operations of our Canadian business, excluding New Categories, from both 2024 and 2025 results, to听remove the distorting effect of the Canadian results, as from 29 August 2025, the date all of the Group鈥檚听outstanding tobacco litigation in Canada was settled, annual payments based on a percentage (initially听85%, reducing over time) of the Group鈥檚 net income after taxes, based on amounts generated in Canada听from all sources, excluding New Categories, will be paid out by the Group until the aggregate settlement听amount is paid. Due to the initial uncertainty of the timing of the implementation of the settlement, we听have removed 100% of the results of the Canadian business, excluding New Categories, for the periods听under review here.
The Group鈥檚 Management Board regularly reviews the measures used to assess and present the financial听performance of the Group and, as relevant, its geographic segments, and believes that these measures听provide additional useful information to investors. Please refer to the 2024 Annual Report on Form 20鈥怓,听pages 391 to 410, for a full description of each measure alongside non-financial measures.
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Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the听forward-looking statements are uncertainties related to the following: the impact of competition from听illicit trade; the impact of adverse domestic or international legislation and regulation; the inability to听develop, commercialise and deliver the Group's New Categories strategy; the impact of supply chain听disruptions; adverse litigation, external investigations and dispute outcomes and the effect of such听outcomes on the Group's financial condition; the impact of significant increases or structural changes in听tobacco, nicotine and New Categories related taxes; translational and transactional foreign exchange rate听exposure; changes or differences in domestic or international economic or political conditions; the ability听to maintain credit ratings and to fund the business under the current capital structure; the impact of听serious injury, illness or death in the workplace; adverse decisions by domestic or international regulatory听bodies; direct and indirect adverse impacts associated with Climate Change; direct and indirect adverse听impacts associated with Circularity; and Cyber Security risks caused by the heightened cyber-threat听landscape, the increased digital interactions with consumers and changes to regulation.
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