31st Aug 2006 17:20
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC31 August 2006 Imperial Tobacco Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares Purchase of own securities Imperial Tobacco today acquired from Morgan Stanley Securities Limited 25,000 ofits ordinary shares at an average price of 1804.4429 pence per ordinary share.The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the abovepurchase, Imperial Tobacco holds 43,526,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares.The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasuryshares) is 685,674,921. Contacts: Nicola Tate Imperial Tobacco Group PLC 0117 933 7082John Nelson-Smith Imperial Tobacco Group PLC 0117 933 7032Paul Baker Morgan Stanley 020 7425 8000 Copies of our announcements are available on our 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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