Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7296Y

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

03 December 2014

 



Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (the "Company")

Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (the "PDMRs") Interests

Imperial Tobacco Group Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP")

Alison Cooper, Matthew Phillips, Helen Clatworthy, Fernando Dominguez Valdes-Hevia, Walter Prinz and Arthur van Benthem (together the "Directors and PDMRs").

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was advised on 02 December 2014 that the Trustees of the Company's Employee and Executive Benefit Trust (the "Trust") transferred on 02 December 2014 ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") in the Company to six  participant Directors and PDMRs in the Company's LTIP following the exercise of the awards which vested on 4 November 2014.

These Shares were previously contingent rights for each Director and PDMR. 

Name	Number of Awards exercised and Shares acquired
Directors
Alison Cooper	5,670
Matthew Phillips	960
PDMRs
Helen Clatworthy	630
Fernando Dominguez Valdes-Hevia	848
Walter Prinz	890
Arthur van Benthem	1,028

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was also advised on 02 December 2014 that the following Directors and PDMRs sold Shares in the Company, as detailed below, arising from the exercise of the Awards. 

The respective sales are detailed below: -

Name	Date sold	Price per Share (pounds sterling)	Number of Shares Sold
Alison Cooper	02 December 2014	29.19	5,670
Matthew Phillips	02 December 2014	29.19	454
Helen Clatworthy	02 December 2014	29.19	630
Fernando Dominguez Valdes-Hevia	02 December 2014	29.19	444
Walter Prinz	02 December 2014	29.19	397
Arthur van Benthem	02 December 2014	29.19	1,028

Following all of the above, the Directors' current shareholdings are:-

Name	Shares Held
Alison Cooper	162,111
Matthew Phillips	43,765

Trevor Williams

Deputy Company Secretary

Copies of our announcements are available on our website www.imperial-tobacco.com.

 

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