2nd Feb 2005 16:31
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC02 February 2005 Notification of Directors' Interests pursuant to Companies Act 1985 Section 324(2) and Section 329. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was today advised that the following directors soldordinary shares of 10p each in the Company in order, amongst other things, tosatisfy their Income Tax liabilities arising on the exercise of options underthe LTIP as detailed in our announcements dated 26 November 2004 and 21 January2005 and the vesting of awards under the Share Matching Scheme as detailed inour announcement dated 31 January 2005. The respective sales are detailed below: - Name Date sold Price per share Number Sold (pounds sterling) Gareth Davis 2 February 2005 14.1186 70,000Robert Dyrbus 2 February 2005 14.1186 55,000David Cresswell 2 February 2005 14.1186 18,221Bruce Davidson 2 February 2005 14.1186 13,377Frank Rogerson 2 February 2005 14.1186 18,883 The directors' holdings of ordinary shares following these trades are set outbelow: - Name Holding at 2 February 2005 Holding at 30 September 2004 Gareth Davis 319,181 286,938Robert Dyrbus 206,702 197,996David Cresswell 89,834 83,113Bruce Davidson 142,803 123,552Frank Rogerson 84,093 76,430 T Williams Deputy Company Secretary Copies of all of our announcements are available on our website:www.imperial-tobacco.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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