16th Apr 2008 13:27
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC16 April 2008 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR FROM THE UNITEDSTATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA. 16 April 2008 Approval by the CNMV of offer by Imperial Tobacco Group PLC for Logista, S.A. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ("Imperial Tobacco") today announces the approval bythe Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores ("CNMV"), the Spanish Securitiesand Exchange Commission, of its unconditional mandatory cash offer (the "Offer")for the shares in Compania de Distribucion Integral Logista, S.A. ("Logista")which are not already owned by Altadis, S.A. ("Altadis"). The Offer, which was announced on 25 January 2008, is being made by Altadis at aprice of €52.50 per Logista share. Altadis currently owns approximately 59.62% of the entire issued share capitalof Logista. The full terms of the Offer are set out in the offer document dated 4 April2008. A copy of the offer document, together with a summary, will be availablefor inspection on Imperial Tobacco's website (www.imperial-tobacco.com) shortly. Details of the offer acceptance period will be announced shortly. Enquiries Imperial Tobacco Alex Parsons Telephone: +44 (0) 7967 467241(Head of Corporate Communications) Simon Evans Telephone: +44 (0) 7967 467684(Group Press Officer) John Nelson-Smith Telephone: +44 (0) 117 933 7032(Investor Relations Manager) Nicola Tate Telephone: +44 (0) 117 933 7082(Investor Relations Manager) Citi (lead financial adviser to Imperial Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7986 4000Tobacco) Ian Carnegie-BrownIan Hart Manuel Falco Telephone: +34 (0) 91 538 4411 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 information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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