13th Aug 2007 15:35
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC13 August 2007 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR FROM THE UNITEDSTATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP PLC Imperial Tobacco Group PLC announces that at the Extraordinary General Meetingof the Company held on 13 August 2007 the Resolution: (a) to approve theacquisition of Altadis, S.A.; (b) to increase the authorised share capital ofthe Company; (c) to authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities; and(d) to disapply section 89(1) of the Companies Act 1985, as set out in theNotice of Extraordinary General Meeting dated 18 July 2007 was duly passed bythe requisite majority on a poll. The voting of those members who returned proxy forms for the special resolutionpassed at the EGM is summarised in the following table: VOTES FOR PERCENTAGE FOR VOTES AGAINST VOTES TOTAL VOTES WITHHELD512,998,740 99.82 943,847 513,942,587 993,370 The making of the Proposed Offer remains conditional on the approval of theProposed Offer by the relevant Spanish regulator, the CNMV. Notes1. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion and the percentage is rounded to two decimal places.2. 'Votes withheld' are not counted when deciding whether or not a resolution is carried.3. The Resolution is a Special Resolution.4. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as Treasury Shares as at 6.00pm on 11 August 2007 was 677,483,921. Enquiries Imperial Alex Parsons (Group Media Relations Manager) +44(0) 7967 467 241Tobacco John Nelson-Smith (Investor Relations +44(0) 117 933 7032 Manager) Citi Ian Carnegie Brown +44(0)20 7986 4000 Ian Hart Mark Todd Hoare Hugo Fisher +44 (0)20 7678 8000Govett Paul Nicholls Lehman Ludovico del Balzo +44(0) 20 7102 1000Brothers Adrian Fisk Morgan Gavin McDonald +44(0)20 7425 5000Stanley Paul Baker Banco Filipe Ribeiro-Ferreira +34(0) 91 289 3371Santander Georg Orssich Words and expressions defined in the Circular to Shareholders dated 18 July 2007have the same meaning when used in this announcement, unless the contextrequires otherwise. Citi, Hoare Govett Limited, Lehman Brothers Europe Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co.International Limited and Banco Santander, which are authorised and regulated inthe United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, are acting exclusivelyfor Imperial Tobacco and no one else in relation to the matters referred to inthis announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than ImperialTobacco for providing the protections afforded to clients of Citi, Hoare GovettLimited, Lehman Brothers Europe Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co. InternationalLimited and Banco Santander respectively nor for providing advice in relation tothese matters, the content of this announcement or any matter referred to in it. Copies of Imperial Tobacco's announcements are available on its website:www.imperial-tobacco.com This press release is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States.The securities of Imperial Tobacco may not be offered or sold in the UnitedStates absent registration or an exemption from registration. Any publicoffering of securities to be made in the United States will be made by means ofa prospectus that will contain detailed information about the company andmanagement, as well as financial statements. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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