Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (the "Company")

Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs") Interests

Imperial Tobacco Group Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP")

Vesting of the LTIP Granted 1 November 2006

In respect of the Eleventh Annual Award made under the Imperial Tobacco Group LTIP, following partial achievement of the performance criteria, 100% of the EPS element, 100% of the TSR v FTSE 100 element and approximately 76.7% of the TSR v Comparator Group have vested. Further details relating to the operation of the LTIP can be found within the Annual Report & Accounts which are available on the Company's website.

Vesting takes the form of the grant of an option over the Company's ordinary shares of 10 pence exercisable, upon payment of the notional exercise price, at any time until the seventh anniversary of the date of grant of the option.

The Directors and PDMRs listed below have been granted the following options on 10 November 2009. 

DIRECTOR	Award Vesting  Number of Shares  Over Which  Option Granted	Award Lapsing  Number of Shares
Gareth Davis	97,461	6,038
Robert Dyrbus	46,396	2,874
Graham Blashill	22,760	1,410
Alison Cooper	14,881	922
PDMR	Award Vesting  Number of Shares  Over Which  Option Granted	Award Lapsing  Number of Shares
Gary Aldridge	2,479	154
Matthew Phillips	8,096	502
Kathryn Turner	12,473	773

T M Williams

Deputy Company Secretary

Copies of our announcements are available on our website: www.imperial-tobacco.com

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