Imperial Tobacco Annual Profits up 7%

Source from:  October 30, 2007 NEW YORK, October 30 (newratings.com) 10/31/2007

Imperial Tobacco Group Inc (ITB.ETR) Tuesday announced that its fiscal full year net profits grew 7%. The UK-based tobacco company said that its net income in the year ended September 30 rose to £912 million or 133.7p per share, up from £858 million or 121.6p per share in the year-ago quarter. Revenues increased 5% to £12.3 billion. The company mentioned that its performance was driven by better sale volumes as well as market share gains across all regions. Imperial Tobacco raised its dividend by 12% to 69.5p per share. Enditem