Imperial Tobacco Gp - Transaction in Own Shares 20 March

Source from:  AFX 03/21/2012

Imperial Tobacco (LSE: IMT.L - news) has today, 20 March 2012, purchased 300,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 2512.40 pence per ordinary share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Imperial Tobacco holds 69,452,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 998,490,881. Enditem