Holding(s) in Company

10th Dec 2009 16:10



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP PLC

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: ( )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify): ( )

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

BlackRock, Inc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) :

Not applicable

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

1 December 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

4 December 2009 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights
GB0004544929	N/A	N/A

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0004544929	N/A	N/A	57,086,224	N/A	5.62%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise  Price	Expiration  Date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
CFD	N/A	N/A	N/A	2,813,354	Nominal	Delta
					0.28%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
59,899,578	5.90%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :

On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of BlackRock, Inc. following this acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement. BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 59,899,578 (5.90%)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

BlackRock Compliance Disclosures Team

14. Contact name:

Stuart Watchorn

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7743 5741 ([email protected])

T M Williams

Deputy Company Secretary

Copies of our announcements are available on our website: www.imperial-tobacco.com

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Imperial Brands