Transaction in Own Shares

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

Purchase of own securities

Imperial Tobacco has today, 11 April 2014, purchased 115,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 2451.52 pence per ordinary share. The highest price paid was 2468 pence per ordinary share and the lowest 2446 pence per ordinary share.

The purchased shares will all be held in treasury.

Following the above purchase, Imperial Tobacco holds 76,006,111 ordinary shares in treasury.

The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding ordinary shares held in treasury, is 959,993,889. 

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