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Imperial Tobacco Group PLC26 February 2008 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR FROM THE UNITEDSTATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA. 26 February 2008 Imperial Tobacco Group PLC Announces the Filing of its Offer for Logista, S.A.with the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission Further to its announcement of 25 January 2008, Imperial Tobacco Group PLC("Imperial Tobacco") announces that it has today filed the offer document forits unconditional cash offer for the shares in Compania de Distribucion IntegralLogista, S.A. ("Logista") which are not already owned by Altadis, S.A.("Altadis") (the "Offer") for approval by the Spanish Securities and ExchangeCommission, the Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (the "CNMV"). Altadiscurrently owns approximately 59.62% of the entire issued share capital ofLogista. The Offer is being made by Altadis at a price of €52.50 per Logista share andwill be subject to the formal authorisation of the CNMV. The full terms of the Offer will be set out in the offer document. Furtherdetails of the expected timetable for the Offer, including the authorisation ofthe Offer by the CNMV and the commencement of the offer period, will be providedin due course. Enquiries Imperial Tobacco Alex Parsons (Head of Corporate Communications) Telephone: +44 (0) 7967 467241Simon Evans (Group Press Officer) Telephone: +44 (0) 7967 467684John Nelson-Smith (Investor Relations Manager) Telephone: +44 (0) 117 933 7032Nicola Tate (Investor Relations Manager) Telephone: +44 (0) 117 933 7082 Citi (financial adviser to Imperial Tobacco) Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7986 4000 Ian Carnegie-BrownIan Hart Citi, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FinancialServices Authority, is acting exclusively for Imperial Tobacco and no one elsein relation to the matters referred to in this announcement and will not beresponsible to anyone other than Imperial Tobacco for providing the protectionsafforded to clients of Citi nor for providing advice in relation to thesematters, 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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