5th Jan 2009 15:17
IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP PLC
Annual Information Updated for the 12 months to 5 January 2009.
In accordance with Prospectus Rule 5.2, the following has been published or made available to the public over the previous 12 months in compliance with laws and rules dealing with the regulation of securities, issues of securities and securities markets.
1. RIS Announcements
The following UK regulatory announcements have been made via a Regulatory Information Service. A copy of these announcements can be obtained from the London Stock Exchange website, www.londonstockexchange.com/marketnews or from the Company's website www.imperial-tobacco.com
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14/12/2007 |
Annual Information Update |
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18/12/2007 |
Altadis General Meeting |
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19/12/2007 |
Notification of Major Interests in Shares |
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08/01/2008 |
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC extends the acceptance period of the takeover offer for Altadis S.A. |
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22/01/2008 |
ITG offer for Altadis SA becomes unconditional |
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25/01/2008 |
ITG announces final result of its Offer for Altadis S.A. |
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25/01/2008 |
ITG provides further details of the squeeze-out and sell-out processes |
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29/01/2008 |
AGM Interim Management Statement 29 January 2008 |
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30/01/2008 |
Directors/PDMRs Shareholding |
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30/01/2008 |
Board Changes and 2008 Annual General Meeting Result |
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01/02/2008 |
Document re. Resolutions and Articles passed at AGM on 29 Jan 08 |
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06/02/2008 |
Director Declaration : Altadis Directorships |
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12/02/2008 |
Notification of Trading Statement/Interims |
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15/02/2008 |
Directors/PDMRs Shareholding |
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19/02/2008 |
Directors/PDMRs Shareholding |
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22/02/2008 |
Supplementary Circular re Acquisition of Altadis |
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26/02/2008 |
Logista offer filed |
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29/02/2008 |
Directors/PDMRs Shareholding |
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04/03/2008 |
Notification of Major Interests in Shares |
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10/03/2008 |
ITG announces disposal of its 49.95% stake in Aldeasa SA |
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18/03/2008 |
Notification of Major Interests in Shares |
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19/03/2008 |
Trading Update |
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08/04/2008 |
Competition Clearance re. Aldeasa SA |
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14/04/2008 |
Completion of Disposal re. Aldeasa SA |
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16/04/2008 |
Logista Offer Update |
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21/04/2008 |
Details of the Acceptance Period for Imperial Tobacco's offer for Logista |
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23/04/2008 |
Announcement of divestment of fine cut and pipe tobacco brands |
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24/04/2008 |
Altadis Group - Results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2007 |
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25/04/2008 |
Response to Office of Fair Trading Statement of Objections |
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25/04/2008 |
Directorate Change - Appointment of Non-Executive Director |
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28/04/2008 |
Directors Declaration |
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08/05/2008 |
Logista offer Result |
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16/05/2008 |
Logista Offer Update |
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20/05/2008 |
Rights Issue |
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20/05/2008 |
Interim Results |
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21/05/2008 |
Rights Issue Prospectus Filing |
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29/05/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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02/06/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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12/06/2008 |
Result of Rights Issue |
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12/06/2008 |
Right Issue Results - Part 2 |
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12/06/2008 |
Holding in Company |
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17/06/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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18/06/2008 |
Document re. Interim Report |
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18/06/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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19/06/2008 |
Integration Update |
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20/06/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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25/06/2008 |
Appointment of a Non-Executive Director |
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26/06/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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30/06/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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30/06/2008 |
Directors Declaration |
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04/07/2008 |
Interim Management Statement - date of |
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07/07/2008 |
Notification of Major Interests in Shares |
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08/07/2008 |
Directors/PDMRs Shareholding |
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11/07/2008 |
Response to Office of Fair Trading Announcement |
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15/07/2008 |
Directors Declaration |
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18/07/2008 |
Directors Declaration |
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24/07/2008 |
Interim Management Statement |
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24/07/2008 |
NYSE Delisting |
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28/07/2008 |
Directors Declaration |
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28/07/2008 |
Notification of Trading Update |
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05/08/2008 |
Notification of Preliminary Results |
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18/08/2008 |
Directors/PDMRs Shareholding |
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19/08/2008 |
Directors/PDMRs Shareholding |
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20/08/2008 |
Directors/PDMRs Shareholding |
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03/09/2008 |
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC delists from the New York Stock Exchange |
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08/09/2008 |
Response to Consultation on the Future of Tobacco Control |
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12/09/2008 |
Completion of Delisting from the New York Stock Exchange and Filing Forms 15 and 15F with the US SEC |
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16/09/2008 |
Director Declaration |
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24/09/2008 |
Trading Update |
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29/09/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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13/10/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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28/10/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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06/11/2008 |
Notification of Major Interests in Shares |
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25/11/2008 |
Preliminary Results for the 12 Months Ended 30 September 2008 |
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25/11/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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27/11/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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28/11/2008 |
Election of Home Member State in respect of Altadis Finance B.V. |
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02/12/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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09/12/2008 |
Response to UK Government proposals to ban the Display of Tobacco Products |
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12/12/2008 |
Completion of Deregistration of Reporting Obligations under the US Securities Exchange Act 1934 |
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18/12/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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19/12/2008 |
Director/PDMRs Shareholding |
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05/01/2009 |
Notice of Submission of the Annual Report & Accounts, Performance Summary and AGM Notice to UKLA |
2. Documents filed at Companies House
The Company has also made the following filings with Companies House. Copies of these documents can be obtained from Companies House - Companies House, Crown Way, Maindy, Cardiff CF14 3UZ, telephone: 0303 1234 500, email at [email protected] or, if you are a registered user, through Companies House Direct at www.direct.companieshouse.gov.uk.
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04/01/2008 |
288b in respect of the retirement of a director |
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30/01/2008 |
288b in respect of the retirement of a director |
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01/02/2008 |
AGM resolutions and Articles of Association with effect from 29/1/08 |
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01/02/2008 |
Report and Accounts 2006/2007 |
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11/02/2008 |
Articles(wef 29.1.08) and Resolutions passed at ITGs AGM on 29.1.08 |
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17/03/2008 |
288c in respect of the change of address of an officer |
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11/04/2008 |
288c in respect of the change of address of an officer |
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07/05/2008 |
288a in respect of the appointment of a director |
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13/05/2008 |
353a notice of place for inspection of a register of members which is kept in a non-legible form, or of any change of that place |
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27/06/2008 |
363a Annual Return ITG |
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30/06/2008 |
288a in respect of the appointment of a director |
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16/07/2008 |
288a in respect of the appointment of a director |
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01/10/2008 |
Articles (wef 1.10.08) passed at ITGs AGM on 29.1.08 |
3. Documents Published and sent to Shareholders
The Imperial Tobacco Group PLC Annual Report and Accounts 2008 and ancillary documents (which were filed with the UKLA Document Viewing Facility on 5 January 2009 can be found on the Company's website (www.imperial-tobacco.com), as can the Company's Interim Report which was filed with the UKLA Document Viewing Facility on 18 June 2008.
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01/02/2008 |
Re. AGM Resolutions & Articles (both Articles 29.1.08 and 1.10.08) |
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22/02/2008 |
Supplementary Circular dated 22 February 2008 |
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20/05/2008 |
Rights Issue Prospectus dated 20 May 2008 |
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20/05/2008 |
French summary of the Rights Issue Prospectus dated 20 May 2008 |
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20/05/2008 |
German summary of Rights Issue Prospectus dated 20 May 2008 |
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18/06/2008 |
Document re. Interim Report |
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05/01/2009 |
Report and Accounts 2007/2008 |
The company has also made the following filings with the Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission. Full details of these filings can be viewed at: www.cnmv.es
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18/12/2007 |
Relevant fact (hecho relevante) 18 December 2007 in relation to the EGM results |
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08/01/2008 |
Relevant fact (hecho relevante) 8 January 2008 in relation to the extension of the offer to acquire Altadis, S.A |
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22/01/2008 |
Relevant fact (hecho relevante) 22 January 2008 in relation to the level of acceptances received under the offer to acquire Altadis, S.A. |
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25/01/2008 |
CNMV announcement 25 January 2008 in relation to the level of acceptances received under the offer to acquire Altadis, S.A |
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25/01/2008 |
Relevant fact (hecho relevante) 25 January 2008 in relation to decision to squeeze-out non-assenting shareholders of Altadis, S.A. |
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25/01/2008 |
CNMV announcement 25 January 2008 in relation to its decision to temporarily suspend the shares of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A |
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25/01/2008 |
Relevant fact (hecho relevante) 25 January 2008 in relation to Imperial Tobacco's decision to launch an offer for the shares of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. which are not currently held by Altadis, S.A. |
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06/02/2008 |
Announcement by Altadis, S.A. 6 February 2008 in relation to the changes in its board structure |
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06/02/2008 |
Announcement by Altadis, S.A. 6 February 2008 providing further details as to the changes in its board structure |
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07/02/2008 |
Announcement by Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. 7 February 2008 in relation to the changes in its board structure |
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08/02/2008 |
Formal request 8 February 2008 by Imperial Tobacco Overseas Holdings (3) Limited to suspend the shares of Altadis, S.A. with effect from 11 February 2008 until Altadis, S.A. is de-listed |
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08/02/2008 |
CNMV announcement 8 February 2008 in relation to the suspension of the shares of Altadis, S.A. with effect from 11 February 2008 until Altadis, S.A. is de-listed |
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22/02/2008 |
Madrid Stock Exchange Announcement 22 February 2008 in relation to de-listing of Altadis, S.A. |
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22/08/2008 |
Barcelona Stock Exchange Announcement 22 February 2008 in relation to de-listing of Altadis, S.A. |
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26/02/2008 |
Application 26 February 2008 by Altadis, S.A. to the CNMV to launch an offer to acquire the shares of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. which are not currently held by Altadis, S.A |
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27/02/2008 |
Update from Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. 27 February 2008 in relation to its results for the second trimester of 2007 |
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07/03/2008 |
CNMV announcement 7 March 2008 in relation to the offer by Altadis, S.A. to acquire the shares of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. which are not currently held by Altadis, S.A. being admitted to the regulator. |
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16/04/2008 |
CNMV announcement 16 April 2008 in relation to its approval of the offer by Altadis, S.A. to acquire the shares of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. which are not currently held by Altadis, S.A |
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04/04/2008 |
Explanatory Prospectus and Annexes dated 4 April 2008 in relation to the offer by Altadis, S.A. to acquire the shares of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. which are not currently held by Altadis, S.A |
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21/04/2008 |
CNMV announcement 21 April 2008 of the extension of the offer by Altadis, S.A. to acquire the shares of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. which are not currently held by Altadis, S.A. |
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21/04/2008 |
Relevant fact (hecho relevante) 21 April 2008 in relation to the report of the board of directors of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. |
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30/04/2008 |
Announcement 30 April 2008 of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. in relation to the publication of its "Informe Annual de Gobierno Corporativo 2007" |
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20/04/2008 |
Announcement 20 April 2008 of the board approval of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. in relation to the publication of its "Informe Annual de Gobierno Corporativo 2007" |
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08/05/2008 |
CNMV announcement 8 May 2008 in relation to the level of acceptances received under the offer to acquire the shares of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. which are not currently held by Altadis, S.A. |
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08/05/2008 |
Update from Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. 8 May 2008 in relation to its results for the first trimester of 2008 |
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08/05/2008 |
Relevant fact (hecho relevante) 8 May 2008 in relation to the level of acceptances received under the offer to acquire the shares of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. which are not currently held by Altadis, S.A. |
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16/05/2008 |
Relevant fact (hecho relevante) 16 May 2008 in relation to the decision to squeeze-out non-assenting shareholders of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. |
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20/05/2008 |
Calling on 20 May 2008 of shareholder meeting to be held on 25 June 2008 |
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29/05/2008 |
Formal request 29 May 2008 by Altadis, S.A. to suspend the shares of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. with effect from 2 June 2008 until Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. is delisted. |
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02/06/2008 |
CNMV announcement 2 June 2008 in relation to the suspension of the shares of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. with effect from the close of the market that day until Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. is delisted. |
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13/06/2008 |
Madrid Stock Exchange Announcement 13 June 2008 in relation to de-listing of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. |
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13/06/2008 |
Barcelona Stock Exchange Announcement 13 June 2008 in relation to de-listing of Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. |
The company has also made the following filings with the Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF) in France. Full details of these filings can be viewed at: www.amf-france.org
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21/05/2008 |
Certificate of approval of prospectus pursuant to the prospectus regulations 2005 by UKLA dated 21 May 2008 addressed to the AMF |
4. Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
The Company has submitted filings (including Form 20-F, Forms 6-K and Forms S-8) to the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States of America by virtue of its shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange, including the following:
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02/05/2008 |
Form 6-K, including the financial statements of Altadis, S.A. for the financial year ended 31 December 2007 filed therewith as exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3. |
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19/05/2008 |
Form 6-K, including the financial statements of Altadis, S.A. for the financial year ended 31 December 2006 filed therewith as exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3. |
As announced on 3 September 2008, the Company has filed to voluntarily delist its shares from the New York Stock Exchange (the "US Delisting") . In relation to this US Delisting and the related deregistration from the Company's reporting obligations under the US Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has specifically filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:
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02/09/2008 |
Form 25 - Notification of removal from listing on the New York Stock Exchange. |
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12/09/2008 |
Form 15-12B - Certification and notice of termination of SEC registration in respect of its $US600m Guaranteed Notes due April 1, 2009. |
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12/09/2008 |
Form 15F-12B - Certification of termination of SEC registration for the Company's American Depository Receipts ("ADRs") and ordinary shares. |
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12/09/2008 |
Form F-6 - Registration statement for the Company's American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") evidenced by ADRs. |
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12/09/2008 |
Post-Effective Amendment to Form S-8 POS to deregister ADRs issuable under the Company's International Sharesave Plan. |
Full details of these filings can be viewed at: http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
using the company's CIK number: 1072670.
Further information is available regarding the Company and its activities via the Company's website: www.imperial-tobacco.com
In accordance with Section 5.2.7 Prospectus Rules, we confirm that to the best of our knowledge the information relating to the Company referred to above is up-to-date at the date of this announcement, but it is acknowledged that such disclosures may, at any time, become out of date, due to changing circumstances.
Warning: In addition to the confirmation made above, as the information contained in the various documents referred to in this Annual Information Update is by its nature historic, it should not be relied upon as reflecting the current or future position of the Company. The Company and its Directors do not undertake any obligation to update such information. Certain information was prepared for and only for the members of the Company as a body and for no other persons and its purpose was to assist shareholders to assess the Company's strategies and the potential for those strategies to succeed and for no other purpose. As indicated above, this Annual Information Update is being made pursuant to Prospectus Rule PR 5.2, and not for any other purpose and the Company, its Directors, employees, agents or advisers do not accept or assume responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom such documents are shown or into whose hands they may come and any such responsibility or liability is expressly disclaimed. Furthermore, certain information may have been prepared in accordance with the laws or regulations of a particular jurisdiction and may not comply with or meet the relevant standards of disclosure in any other jurisdiction. Certain documents contain forward looking statements that are subject to risk factors associated with, amongst other things, the economic and business circumstances occurring from time to time in the countries, sectors and markets in which the Company operates. These and other factors could adversely affect the outcome and financial effects of the plans and events described. By their nature, forward looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions because they relate to events and/or depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward looking statements. Such statements may be affected by a wide range of such variables. No assurances can be given that the forward looking statements will be realised. The forward looking statements reflect the knowledge and information available at the date of their preparation. This Annual Information Update does not constitute an offer of securities addressed to any person and should not be relied on by any person.
A copy of this Annual Information Update can be obtained from the Company's registered office:
Imperial Tobacco Group PLCP O Box 244Upton Road
Bristol BS99 7UJ
For further information, please contact
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Trevor Williams |
Deputy Company Secretary |
+44 (0) 117 963 6636 |
5 January 2009
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