Exhibit 99.5
2007 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The 10th Annual General Meeting of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was held at Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre, 2 Lower Castle Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS1 3AD on Tuesday 30 January 2007 at 2.30 pm.
All resolutions were decided on a poll and all resolutions proposed at the Meeting were passed.
The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Meeting and the number of v otes withheld were as follows:
Resolution | | Votes For | | Percentage For | | Votes Against | | Votes Total | | Votes Withheld | |
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1 | | Report and Accounts | | 467,002,090 | | 99.90 | % | 490,191 | | 467,492,281 | | 9,184,164 | |
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2 | | Remuneration Report | | 467,434,499 | | 99.03 | % | 4,593,092 | | 472,027,591 | | 4,648,854 | |
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3 | | Dividend | | 476,627,441 | | 100.00 | % | 9,675 | | 476,637,116 | | 39,329 | |
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4 | | Re-elect A G L Alexander | | 470,251,361 | | 98.68 | % | 6,312,988 | | 476,564,349 | | 112,096 | |
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5 | | Elect K M Burnett | | 475,161,544 | | 99.70 | % | 1,439,573 | | 476,601,117 | | 75,328 | |
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6 | | Re-elect D Cresswell | | 471,613,810 | | 99.62 | % | 1,811,526 | | 473,425,336 | | 3,251,109 | |
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7 | | Elect C F Knott | | 471,694,057 | | 98.97 | % | 4,908,699 | | 476,602,756 | | 73,689 | |
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8 | | Re-elect I J G Napier | | 471,320,904 | | 98.89 | % | 5,289,406 | | 476,610,310 | | 66,135 | |
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9 | | Re-elect F A Rogerson | | 471,610,519 | | 99.62 | % | 1,813,530 | | 473,424,049 | | 3,252,396 | |
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10 | | Reappoint Auditors | | 470,574,265 | | 99.59 | % | 1,916,738 | | 472,491,003 | | 4,185,442 | |
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11 | | Remuneration of Auditors | | 473,808,978 | | 99.89 | % | 536,417 | | 474,345,395 | | 2,331,050 | |
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| | Donations to EU political organisations | | | | | | | | | | | |
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12 | | Imperial Tobacco Group PLC | | 434,261,617 | | 98.39 | % | 7,128,035 | | 441,389,652 | | 35,286,793 | |
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13 | | Imperial Tobacco Limited | | 433,752,509 | | 98.27 | % | 7,614,870 | | 441,367,379 | | 35,309,066 | |
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14 | | Imperial Tobacco International Limited | | 433,754,659 | | 98.28 | % | 7,607,168 | | 441,361,827 | | 35,314,618 | |
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15 | | Van Nelle Tabak Nederland B.V. | | 433,747,121 | | 98.28 | % | 7,599,532 | | 441,346,653 | | 35,329,792 | |
16 | | Imperial Tobacco Polska S.A. | | 433,750,494 | | 98.28 | % | 7,598,261 | | 441,348,755 | | 35,327,690 | |
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17 | | Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH | | 433,752,113 | | 98.28 | % | 7,596,109 | | 441,348,222 | | 35,328,223 | |
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18 | | Ets. L. Lacroix Fils NV/SA | | 433,747,004 | | 98.28 | % | 7,600,438 | | 441,347,442 | | 35,329,003 | |
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19 | | Authority to allot securities | | 472,064,674 | | 99.06 | % | 4,467,629 | | 476,532,303 | | 144,142 | |
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20 | | Disapplication of pre-emption rights | | 472,715,157 | | 99.20 | % | 3,809,240 | | 476,524,397 | | 152,048 | |
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21 | | Purchase of own shares | | 475,910,395 | | 99.86 | % | 666,794 | | 476,577,189 | | 99,256 | |
Notes
1. The ‘For’ vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion and the percentage is rounded to two decimal places.
2. ‘Votes withheld’ are not counted when deciding whether or not a resolution is carried.
3. Resolutions 20 and 21 are Special Resolutions.
4. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as Treasury Shares as at 6.00pm on 28 January 2007 was 677,483,921.
T M Williams
Deputy Company Secretary
Telephone 0117 963 6636
Copies of our announcements are available on our website: www.imperial-tobacco.com