22nd Feb 2006 11:58
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC22 February 2006 Notification of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility("PDMRs") Interests notified in accordance with DR 3.1.4R (1) (a) and DR 3.1.4(R) (1) (b) in accordance with section 324 (as extended by section 328) of theCompanies Act 1985. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was today advised that the following directors andPDMRs sold ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company in order, amongst otherthings, to satisfy their Income Tax liabilities arising on the exercise ofoptions under the LTIP as detailed in our announcements dated 2 November 2005and 12 January 2006 and the vesting of awards under the Share Matching Scheme asdetailed in our announcement dated 30 January 2006. The respective sales are detailed below: - Name Date sold Price per share Number Sold (pounds sterling) Gareth Davis 21 February 2006 £17.34 75,429 Robert Dyrbus 21 February 2006 £17.34 48,000 Graham Blashill 21 February 2006 £17.34 15,000 David Cresswell 21 February 2006 £17.34 22,000 Frank Rogerson 21 February 2006 £17.34 18,546 Kathryn Brown 21 February 2006 £17.34 4,579 Alison Cooper 21 February 2006 £17.34 13,771 The directors' holdings of ordinary shares following these trades are set outbelow: - Name Holding at Holding at 22 February 2006 30 September 2005 Gareth Davis 330,289 319,181 Robert Dyrbus 213,268 206,702 Graham Blashill 90,810 85,224 David Cresswell 89,868 89,861 Frank Rogerson 88,831 84,093 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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