30th Jan 2006 14:09
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC30 January 2006 Imperial Tobacco Group PLC Notification of Directors' and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities'(PDMRs) Interests pursuant to Disclosure Rules DR 3.1.4(R)(1)(a) and DR 3.1.4(R)(1)(b), a disclosure made pursuant to Companies Act 1985 Section 324 as extendedby Section 328. Gareth Davis, Robert Dyrbus, David Cresswell, Frank Rogerson, Graham Blashill,Kathryn Brown, Alison Cooper and Matthew Phillips (together, "the Directors andPDMRs"). Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was today advised that the Trustees of the Company'sEmployee and Executive Benefit Trust disposed of ordinary shares of 10p each inthe Company as detailed below and the Directors and PDMRs being potentialbeneficiaries under the Trust are deemed to have disposed of a non-beneficialinterest in such shares. Date Disposed of Number Disposed of30 January 2006 113,106 The above disposal was the result of the Trust transferring ordinary shares of10p each in the Company to seven participant Directors and PDMRs in theCompany's Share Matching Scheme following the vesting of awards upon thesatisfaction of the performance conditions. These shares were previously contingent rights for each relevant Director andPDMR. Name Number of shares transferredGareth Davis 39,614Robert Dyrbus 24,848David Cresswell 12,101Frank Rogerson 12,857Graham Blashill 11,723Kathryn Brown 2,131Alison Cooper 9,832 As a result of the above, the Employee and Executive Benefit Trust now holds atotal of 658,467 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company. Copies of our announcements are available on our website:www.imperial-tobacco.com Trevor WilliamsDeputy Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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