6th Dec 2007 17:50
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC06 December 2007 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, Graham Blashill, Alison Cooper, David Cresswell,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 of6 December 2007 109,148 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 Long Term Incentive Plan ("the LTIP") following the exercise ofoptions granted on 9 November 2007 upon the satisfaction of the performanceconditions. These shares were previously contingent rights for each Director and PDMR. Name Number of options exercised and shares acquired DirectorsGareth Davis 39,014Robert Dyrbus 24,754Graham Blashill 7,892Alison Cooper 8,968David Cresswell 17,758 PDMRsMatthew Phillips 2,152Kathryn Turner 8,610 As a result of the above, the Trust now holds a total of 1,010,464 ordinaryshares of 10p each in the Company. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was today also advised that the following Directorsand PDMRs sold ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company principally, with theexception of David Cresswell who, as previously announced, is retiring from theCompany on 31 December 2007, in order to satisfy their income tax and nationalinsurance liabilities arising on the exercise of options under the LTIP asdetailed above. The respective sales are detailed below:- Name Date sold Price per share Number Sold (pounds sterling)Gareth Davis 6 December 2007 2616.96 21,740Robert Dyrbus 6 December 2007 2616.96 12,944Graham Blashill 6 December 2007 2616.96 4,476Alison Cooper 6 December 2007 2616.96 3,677David Cresswell 6 December 2007 2616.96 17,758Matthew Phillips 6 December 2007 2616.96 888Kathryn Turner 6 December 2007 2616.96 5,531 The Directors' holdings of ordinary shares as at today's date are set out below:- Name Holding at Holding at 6 December 2007 30 September 2007 Gareth Davis 385,000 367,726Robert Dyrbus 249,000 237,190Graham Blashill 95,000 91,584Alison Cooper 63,272 57,981David Cresswell 102,120 102,120 Copies of our announcements are available on our websitewww.imperial-tobacco.com. Trevor Williams Deputy Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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