Exhibit A

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2021 No. 132

PROTECTION OF TRADING INTERESTS

TRADE

The Protection of Trading Interests

(Authorisation) Regulations 2021

Made - - - -

at 9.00 p.m. on 5th

February 2021

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by

Article 5, second paragraph, point (a), of Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 of 22 November

1996 protecting against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third

country, and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom(1).

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of Trading Interests (Authorisation)

Regulations 2021.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, “the Helms-Burton Act” means the Cuban Liberty and Democratic

Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996(2).

Authorisation to comply with Title III of the Helms-Burton Act

3. The person specified in Part 1 of the Schedule is, for the purpose specified in Part 2 of the

Schedule, authorised to comply with any requirement or prohibition based on or resulting from Title

III of the Helms-Burton Act(3) (protection of property rights of United States nationals).

(1) EUR 1996/2271, amended by S.I. 2020/1660. EUR 1996/2271 was incorporated into domestic law at 11 p.m. on 31st

December 2020 under section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16).

(2) 22 U.S.C. §§ 6021-6091.

(3) Title III of the Helms-Burton Act is codified in 22 U.S.C. §§ 6081-6085.

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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for International Trade

At 9.00 p.m. on 5th February 2021

Ranil Jayawardena

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for International Trade

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SCHEDULE Regulation 3

Authorisation to file motion to dismiss

PART 1

Authorised person

Imperial Brands plc(4)

PART 2

Authorised purpose

Filing and litigating a motion to dismiss the complaint brought before the federal judiciary of the

United States of America under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act in which Imperial Brands plc is

named as a defendant (case number 1:20-cv-23287-DPG).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force at the time they are made, authorise compliance by a

specified person, for a specified purpose, with a requirement or prohibition referred to in the first

paragraph of Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 of 22 November 1996 protecting

against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and

actions based thereon or resulting therefrom (EUR 1996/2271, amended by S.I. 2020/1660).

The law of the United States of America referred to in these Regulations may be found online at

https://uscode.house.gov/.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact

on the private, voluntary, or public sector is foreseen.

(4) Imperial Brands plc is a public limited company registered in England and Wales (company number 3236483).

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