18th Jan 2010 14:57
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
Imperial Tobacco has today been informed of the transfer, on 15 January 2010, by way of gift of 1,750,000 of its ordinary shares, which were held as treasury shares, to the Imperial Tobacco Group 2001 Employee Benefit Trust. The shares will be used to satisfy awards outstanding under the Company's share plans.
Following the above transfer, Imperial Tobacco holds 49,731,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 1,018,211,881
T M Williams
Deputy Company Secretary
Copies of our announcements are available on our website: www.imperial-tobacco.com
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