20th Jul 2006 16:55
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC20 July 2006 Imperial Tobacco Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares Purchase of own securities Imperial Tobacco today acquired from Morgan Stanley Securities Limited 200,000of its ordinary shares at an average price of 1680.089 pence per ordinary share.The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the abovepurchase, Imperial Tobacco holds 41,143,500 ordinary shares as treasury shares.The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasuryshares) is 688,057,421. 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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