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Imperial Tobacco Group PLC21 April 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Imperial Tobacco Group PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Material Interest 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Bank of Ireland 102,736Barclays Capital Nominees Limited 6,311,853Barclays Trust Co & Others 2,726Barclays Trust Co as Executor / Administrator 2,447Barclays Trust Co E99 1,852Barclays Trust Co R69 4,055BNP Paribas 1,569Chase Nominees Ltd - 16376 415,537Chase Nominees Ltd - 21359 132,629CIBC Mellon Global Securities 837Clydesdale Nominees - HGB0125 - 00594414 2,000Clydesdale Nominees - HGB0125 - 00686408 1,400Investors Bank and Trust Co 6,852,094J P Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16331 236,861J P Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16338 45,492J P Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341 428,130J P Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16342 88,739J P Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16400 7,849,241J P Morgan (BGI Custody) - 17011 11,983J P Morgan (BGI Custody) - 18409 548,301J P Morgan Chase Bank 1,115,007Mellon Trust - Boston & S F 102,765Mellon Trust of New England 2,966Mitsubishi Trust International 4,909Northern Trust Bank - BGI SEPA 8,035R C Greig Nominees Limited A/c BL1 2,319R C Greig Nominees Limited A/c CM 1 710R C Greig Nominees Limited GP 1 - GP 1 12,176R C Greig Nominees Limited SA 1 - SA 1 3,523Reflex Nominees 1,000State Street 12,702State Street Boston 63,011The Northern Trust Co 1,451Wells Fargo Seattle - Wire Ban 12,399 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Not Disclosed 6. Percentage of issued class Not Disclosed 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each 10. Date of transaction Not disclosed 11. Date company informed 21 April 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 24,383,455 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.3555 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Christopher Deft +44 (0) 117 933 7176 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Christopher DeftAssistant Company Secretary Date of notification 21 April 2005 Copies of our announcements are available on our website:www.imperial-tobacco.com The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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