Exhibit 99.1
Notification of Directors’ Interests pursuant to Companies Act 1985 Section 324 (2) and Section 329.
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was today advised that the following directors sold ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company in order, amongst other things, to satisfy their Income Tax liabilities arising on the exercise of options under the LTIP as detailed in our announcements dated 26 November 2004 and 21 January 2005 and the vesting of awards under the Share Matching Scheme as detailed in our announcement dated 31 January 2005.
The respective sales are detailed below: -
Name |
| Date sold |
| Price per share |
| Number Sold |
|
|
|
|
| (pounds sterling) |
|
|
|
Gareth Davis |
| 2 February 2005 |
| 14.1186 |
| 70,000 |
|
Robert Dyrbus |
| 2 February 2005 |
| 14.1186 |
| 55,000 |
|
David Cresswell |
| 2 February 2005 |
| 14.1186 |
| 18,221 |
|
Bruce Davidson |
| 2 February 2005 |
| 14.1186 |
| 13,377 |
|
Frank Rogerson |
| 2 February 2005 |
| 14.1186 |
| 18,883 |
|
The directors’ holdings of ordinary shares following these trades are set out below: -
Name |
| Holding at 2 February 2005 |
| Holding at 30 September 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gareth Davis |
| 319,181 |
| 286,938 |
|
Robert Dyrbus |
| 206,702 |
| 197,996 |
|
David Cresswell |
| 89,834 |
| 83,113 |
|
Bruce Davidson |
| 142,803 |
| 123,552 |
|
Frank Rogerson |
| 84,093 |
| 76,430 |
|
T Williams
Deputy Company Secretary
Copies of all of our announcements are available on our website: www.imperial-tobacco.com
