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Exhibit 99.5
SCHEDULE 11
NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
- 1.
- Name of company
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
- 2.
- Name of director
Mr Simon P Duffy
- 3.
- Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
Holding by Director in 2 above
- 4.
- Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified)
Henderson Nominees Limited PEP's Account
- 5.
- Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)
N/A
- 6.
- Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary
- a)
- General Discretionary PEP—Dividend reinvestment
- b)
- Single Company Discretionary PEP—Dividend reinvestment
- 7.
- Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
- a)
- 54
- b)
- 26
- 8.
- Percentage of issued class
0.00001
- 9.
- Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A
- 10.
- Percentage of issued class
N/A
- 11.
- Class of security
Ordinary shares of 10p each
- 12.
- Price per share
£11.3088
- 13.
- Date of transaction
26 February 2004
- 14.
- Date company informed
27 February 2004
- 15.
- Total holding following this notification
7,549
- 16.
- Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
0.001
If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes
- 17.
- Date of grant
N/A
- 18.
- Period during which or date on which exercisable
N/A
- 19.
- Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option
N/A
- 20.
- Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number
N/A
- 21.
- Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise
N/A
- 22.
- Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification
N/A
- 23.
- Any additional information
N/A
- 24.
- Name of contact and telephone number for queries
T M Williams, Assistant Company Secretary, 0117 963 6636
- 25.
- Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification
T M Williams, Assistant Company Secretary
Date of Notification 27 February 2004
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