12th Jan 2006 17:02
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC12 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 of12 January 2006 124,867 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 (LTIP) following the exercise of nil costoptions granted on 25 November 2005 upon the satisfaction of the performanceconditions. These shares were previously contingent rights for each relevant Director and PDMR. Name Number of options exercised and shares acquiredGareth Davis 46,923Robert Dyrbus 29,718David Cresswell 9,906Frank Rogerson 10,427Graham Blashill 8,863Kathryn Brown 9,906Alison Cooper 9,124 As a result of the above, the Employee and Executive Benefit Trust now holds atotal of 771,573 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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