Imperial Brands: version 1

Saved 2026-09-13 10:41 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **John Player Special** cigarettes, EAN-8 50432004 (wanted row, old title "john player special original"), with new stubs brand/john-player-special and company/imperial-brands. Identity: the lo. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Imperial Brands <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Imperial Brands
legal_name: Imperial Brands PLC
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:03236483, LEI:549300DFVPOB67JL3A42
founded: 1996-08-06
<!--/identity-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                       | type   | locale | from    | until   |
| -------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ------- | ------- |
| Imperial Brands PLC        | legal  |        | 2016-02 |         |
| Imperial Tobacco Group PLC | legal  |        |         | 2016-02 |
| Imperial Tobacco           | search |        |         |         |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref         | url                                                                                               | title                                       | accessed   | publisher       | kind        | published | record_id            | locator | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ----------- | --------- | -------------------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| ch          | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/companies?q=imperial+brands+plc | Companies House search: Imperial Brands PLC | 2026-09-13 | Companies House | registry    |           | 03236483             |         |              |             |          |
| gleif       | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter%5Bentity.legalName%5D=IMPERIAL%20BRANDS%20PLC     | GLEIF LEI record: Imperial Brands PLC       | 2026-09-13 | GLEIF           | registry    |           | 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42 |         | CC0          |             |          |
| wp-imperial | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Brands                                                     | Imperial Brands                             | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia       | publication |           |                      |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
British multinational tobacco company headquartered in Bristol, known as Imperial Tobacco Group PLC until it changed its name to Imperial Brands in February 2016.[^wp-imperial] It is registered in England as company 03236483, incorporated on 6 August 1996, at 121 Winterstoke Road, Bristol.[^ch] Its LEI is 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42, with Imperial Tobacco Group PLC as the previous legal name.[^gleif]
<!--/about-->