30th Jan 2008 13:03
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC30 January 2008 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). Gareth Davis, Robert Dyrbus, Graham Blashill, Alison Cooper, Gary Aldridge,Matthew Phillips and Kathryn Turner (together "the Directors and PDMRs"). Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was today advised that the Trustees of the Company'sEmployee and Executive Benefit Trust ("the Trust") disposed of ordinary sharesof 10p each in the Company as detailed below and the Directors and PDMRs beingpotential beneficiaries under the Trust are deemed to have disposed of anon-beneficial interest in such shares. Date Disposed of Number Disposed of 29 January 2008 88,275 The above disposal resulted from the Trust transferring, on 29 January 2008,ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company to the following Directors and PDMRson the vesting of matched shares under the Company's Share Matching Scheme. TheTrust retained sufficient shares to discharge the taxation liability of eachDirector and PDMR, arising on the vesting of such matched shares. Name Number of shares Number of Shares Share price Acquired retained by the Trust £ DIRECTORSGareth Davis 36,059 14,785 £23.70Robert Dyrbus 22,947 9,409 £23.70Graham Blashill 9,211 3,777 £23.70Alison Cooper 10,984 4,504 £23.70 PDMRsGary Aldridge 2,962 1,313 £23.70Matthew Phillips 1,879 771 £23.70Kathryn Turner 4,233 1,736 £23.70 T M Williams Deputy Company Secretary Copies 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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