RNS Number:5592S
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
27 November 2003

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ("the Company")



Directors' Interests



Following achievement of the performance criterion in respect of the Fifth
Annual Award made under the Imperial Tobacco Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"),
on 27 November 2003 the directors listed below were granted the following nil
cost options over the Company's ordinary shares of 10 pence each.



Under the terms of this LTIP award, vesting is on a sliding scale depending on
Earnings Per Share ("EPS") achieved over the period of the award.  No vesting
occurs unless the Company's real EPS growth, after adjusting for inflation in
the UK is positive. If real EPS growth exceeds 10 per cent, the award vests in
full; between these thresholds vesting is on a straight line basis.



In respect of the performance period for the Fifth Annual Award, the Company's
real EPS growth, as confirmed by its Auditors, exceeded 10 per cent.  Therefore
the conditional award now vests in full.



Vesting takes the form of a grant of a nil cost option exercisable at any time
until the seventh anniversary of its date of grant.


DIRECTOR                                             AWARD VESTING/
                                                     OPTIONS GRANTED

Gareth Davis                                         61,871
Robert Dyrbus                                        38,214
David Cresswell                                      12,131
Bruce Davidson                                       15,932
Frank Rogerson                                       12,939


R C Hannaford
Company Secretary


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