Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6181Q

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

18 June 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP PLC

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: ( )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify): ( )

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

	Number of Shares	Percent of Outstanding
Capital Guardian Trust Company	5,627,526	0.588%
Capital International Limited	282,146	0.029%
Capital International Sàrl	522,202	0.055%
Capital International, Inc.	262,851	0.027%
Capital Research and Management Company	31,095,291	3.249%

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

16 June 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

17 June 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Below 4%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary (GB0004544929)	38,099,518	38,099,518			37,421,568		3.910%
ADRs (US4531421018)	184,152	368,304			368,448		0.038%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	Percentage of voting rights
n/a

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise

Price

Expiration

Date

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

Percentage of voting rights

n/a

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
37,790,016	3.948%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable^:

	Number of Shares	Percent of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") Holdings Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:	37,790,016	3.948%
Capital Guardian Trust Company	5,627,526	0.588%
Capital International Limited	282,146	0.029%
Capital International Sàrl	522,202	0.055%
Capital International, Inc.	262,851	0.027%
Capital Research and Management Company	31,095,291	3.249%