21st Nov 2006 11:53
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC21 November 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 yesterday advised that the Trustees of theCompany's Employee and Executive Benefit Trust disposed of ordinary shares of10p 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 20 November 2006 9,912 As a result of the above, the Employee and Executive Benefit Trust now holds atotal of 895,630 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company. The above disposal was the result of the Trust transferring ordinary shares of10p each in the Company to Graham Blashill, a participant Director in theCompany's Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), following the exercise of a nominalcost option granted on 18 November 2006 upon the satisfaction of the performanceconditions. The Company was subsequently advised that Graham Blashill had soldsuch shares. These shares were previously contingent rights for the Director. Name Shares acquired upon exercise of option and subsequently sold Graham Blashill 9,912 A proportion of the sale proceeds will be used to satisfy Mr Blashill's incometax and National Insurance liabilities arising on the exercise of the option.Subsequent to the disposal, the total number of shares held by Mr Blashillremains in excess of twice his minimum shareholding requirement. Trevor 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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