Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5860C

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

16 October 2015

 

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (the Company) was today informed of the transfer, on 16 October 2015, by way of gift of 1,620,000 (one million six hundred and twenty thousand) of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each (Shares), which were held in treasury, to the Imperial Tobacco Group PLC 2001 Employee Benefit Trust. 

The Shares will be used to satisfy awards outstanding under the Company's employee share plans. 

Following the above transfer, the Company holds 77,289,137 Shares in treasury. 

The total number of Shares in issue (excluding Shares held in treasury) is 958,710,863.

T M Williams

Deputy Company Secretary

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

 

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