18th Feb 2009 12:48
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (the "Company")
Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs") Interests
Imperial Tobacco Group Share Matching Scheme
Gareth Davis, Robert Dyrbus, Graham Blashill, Alison Cooper, Gary Aldridge, Fernando Dominguez, Matthew Phillips and Kathryn Turner (together "the Directors and PDMRs").
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was today advised that, following achievement in full of the performance criteria attached, the Trustees of the Company's Employee and Executive Benefit Trust (the "Trust") have transferred, on 16 February 2009, ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company to the following Directors on the vesting of matched shares under the Company's Share Matching Scheme.
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Name |
Number of shares Acquired |
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Gareth Davis |
35,885 |
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Robert Dyrbus |
22,768 |
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Graham Blashill |
12,114 |
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Alison Cooper |
11,308 |
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Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was today also advised that the Trustees of the Trust have transferred, on 16 February 2009, ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company to the following PDMRs on the vesting of matched shares under the Company's Share Matching Scheme.
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Name |
Number of shares Acquired |
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Gary Aldridge |
6,796 |
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Matthew Phillips |
3,219 |
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Kathryn Turner |
10,855 |
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Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was further advised that the following Directors and PDMRs sold ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company, principally in order to satisfy their income tax and national insurance/social security liabilities arising on the vesting of their award under the Share Matching Scheme as detailed above and, in certain cases, to repay personal financing taken out to enable them to take up their nil paid rights under the Company's June 2008 rights issue.
The respective sales are detailed below: -
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Name |
Date sold |
Price per share (pence sterling)
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Number Sold |
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Gareth Davis |
16 February 2009 |
1770 |
35,885 |
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Robert Dyrbus |
16 February 2009 |
1770 |
22,768 |
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Graham Blashill |
16 February 2009 |
1770 |
12,114 |
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Alison Cooper |
16 February 2009 |
1770 |
11,308 |
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Gary Aldridge |
16 February 2009 |
1770 |
2,991 |
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Matthew Phillips |
16 February 2009 |
1770 |
1,327 |
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Kathryn Turner |
16 February 2009 |
1770 |
10,855 |
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Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was today further advised by the Trustees of the Company's Employee and Executive Benefit Trust that the following Directors transferred shares from their existing holdings in order to participate in the Company's Share Matching Scheme. The shares will be matched with free ordinary shares of 10 pence each over a three-year period up to a maximum ratio of one to one, subject to the Group achieving in excess of an average of three per cent real increase in earnings per share per annum over the three-year retention period. There will be no opportunity to retest if this performance criterion is not met.
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Name |
Date of transfer |
Number of shares transferred |
Number of Additional Shares conditionally allocated |
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Gareth Davis |
16 February 2009 |
52,741 |
52,741 |
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Robert Dyrbus |
16 February 2009 |
32,303 |
32,303 |
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Graham Blashill |
16 February 2009 |
17,684 |
17,684 |
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Alison Cooper |
16 February 2009 |
17,895 |
17,895 |
In addition the Trustees also advised the Company that the following PDMRs transferred shares from their existing holdings in order to participate in the Company's Share Matching Scheme. The shares will be matched with free ordinary shares of 10 pence each over a three-year period up to a maximum ratio of one to one.
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Name |
Date of transfer |
Number of shares transferred |
Number of Additional Shares conditionally allocated |
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Gary Aldridge |
16 February 2009 |
11,056 |
11,056 |
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Matthew Phillips |
16 February 2009 |
8,469 |
8,469 |
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Kathryn Turner |
16 February 2009 |
10,950 |
10,950 |
The Trustees further advised the Company that the following PDMR purchased shares in order to participate in the Company's Share Matching Scheme. The shares will be matched with free ordinary shares of 10 pence each over a three-year period up to a maximum ratio of one to one.
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Name |
Date of Purchase |
Number of shares purchased |
Price per share (pence sterling) |
Number of Additional Shares conditionally allocated |
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Fernando Dominguez |
16 February 2009 |
5,451 |
1770 |
5,451 |
Following all of the above transactions, the shareholdings of the Directors are as follows:-
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Name |
Shareholding |
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Gareth Davis |
614,540 |
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Robert Dyrbus |
396,404 |
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Graham Blashill |
153,020 |
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Alison Cooper |
106,893 |
In addition, the Company has today been informed that Mr Graham Blashill has, due to changes in his ISA manager's terms and conditions, which previously automatically re-invested dividends, entered into an irrevocable agreement for his dividends to be re-invested into Imperial Tobacco Group PLC shares.
T M Williams
Deputy Company Secretary
Copies of our announcements are available on our website: www.imperial-tobacco.com
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