Imperial Tobacco Gp - Director/PDMR Shareholding 2 November

Source from:  AFX 11/04/2011

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (the "Company") Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs") Interests Imperial Tobacco Group Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") The following Directors and PDMRs were conditionally awarded ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the LTIP on 2 November (Stuttgart: A0Z24E - news) 2011. The awards will vest, free of charge and in proportion to the extent that the performance criteria are achieved, on 2 November 2014 or, if this date falls within a Close Period within the terms of the Model Code, the first day that the Company emerges from such Close Period. On vesting, the award over the Company's ordinary shares of 10 pence each becomes exercisable, upon payment of the notional exercise price, at any time until the seventh anniversary of the date of vesting.

Further details relating to the operation of the LTIP can be found within the Annual Report and Accounts available on the Company's website. Enditem