Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0806V

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

04 August 2015

 

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ('Imperial Tobacco' or the 'Company')

Notification of transactions of Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMRs') or Connected Persons.

Imperial Tobacco has been advised by the Trustees of Imperial Tobacco's Employee and Executive Benefit Trust (the 'Trust') that the following Directors and PDMRs exercised options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each ('Shares') in the Company under the Imperial Tobacco Group International Sharesave Plan, the UK element having HM Revenue & Customs' approval.

Name	Date of Option Grant	Date of Option Exercise	Exercise price per Share	Number of Shares
DIRECTORS
Alison Cooper *	29 May 2012	01 August 2015	GBP 20.45	440
Matthew Phillips *	29 May 2012	01 August 2015	GBP 20.45	264
PDMRs
Walter Prinz	06 June 2012	01 August 2015	GBP 20.45	213

* UK participant

Imperial Tobacco was today further advised by the Trust that the following Directors and PDMRs sold Shares in the Company arising from the exercise of the Option.   The respective sales are detailed below: -

Name	Date Sold	Price per Share	Number of Shares Sold
Alison Cooper	03 August 2015	GBP 33.71	440
Matthew Phillips	03 August 2015	GBP 33.71	264

Following the above transactions, the shareholdings of the Directors are as follows:-

Name	Shareholding
Alison Cooper	168,858
Matthew Phillips	43,870

T Williams

Deputy Company Secretary

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

 

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