TIDMIMT TIDMDBK
RNS Number : 6938X
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
19 August 2009
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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:
Deutsche Bank AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) :
Deutsche Bank AG
Abbey Life Assurance Company Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed
or
reached:
17 August 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:
18 August 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
3%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
+--------------+--------+--------+
| Class/type | Situation |
| of shares | previous to the |
| if | Triggering |
| possible | transaction |
| using the | |
| ISIN CODE | |
+--------------+-----------------+
| | Number | Number |
| | of | of |
| | shares | voting |
| | | Rights |
+--------------+--------+--------+
| GB0004544929 | N/A | N/A |
+--------------+--------+--------+
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
+---------------------+------------------+------------+----------------+---------+----------+
| Class/type of | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage of |
| shares if possible | | | voting rights |
| using the ISIN CODE | | | |
+---------------------+------------------+-----------------------------+--------------------+
| | | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect |
+---------------------+------------------+------------+----------------+---------+----------+
| GB0004544929 | 30,761,027 | 30,761,027 | 0 | 3.03% | 0 |
+---------------------+------------------+------------+----------------+---------+----------+
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
+------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| Type of | Expiration Date | Exercise/Conversion | Number of voting | Percentage of |
| financial | | Period | rights that may be | voting rights |
| instrument | | | acquired if the | |
| | | | instrument is | |
| | | | exercised/ | |
| | | | converted. | |
+------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+----------------+
| Call | Sep 09 | | 750,000 | 0.07% |
| Option | Dec 09 | | 700,000 | 0.07% |
| Call | | | | |
| Option | | | | |
+------------+-----------------+---------------------+---------------------+----------------+
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to
Qualifying
Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
+------------+----------+------------+---------------------+----------------+-----------+---------+
| Type of | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/Conversion | Number of | Percentage of |
| financial | | | Period | voting rights | voting rights |
| instrument | Price | Date | | instrument | |
| | | | | refers to | |
+------------+----------+------------+---------------------+----------------+---------------------+
| CFD | | | | 6,280 | Nominal | Delta |
+ + + + + +-----------+---------+
| | | | | | 0.00% | |
+------------+----------+------------+---------------------+----------------+-----------+---------+
Total (A+B+C)
+------------+--------+
| Number | % of |
| of | voting |
| voting | rights |
| rights | |
+------------+--------+
| 32,217,307 | 3.17% |
+------------+--------+
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| N/A |
| |
| |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
N/A
13. Additional information:
N/A
14. Contact name:
Paul SmithAndrew Anderson (Deutsche Bank AG)
15. Contact telephone number:
00 44 207 545 85338532
T M Williams
Deputy Company Secretary
Copies of our announcements are available on our website:
www.imperial-tobacco.com
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