RNS Number:1278Z
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
25 July 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Legal and General Investment Management Limited


3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

Material Interest


4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 886603             210,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 775245           3,380,531
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 754612              98,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 252605             489,396
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 360509             586,413
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 357206          16,452,313
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 130007              45,041
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 904332              62,880
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd A/c 866203             600,200


5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

200,000


6. Percentage of issued class

0.02743


7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A


8. Percentage of issued class

N/A


9. Class of security

Ordinary shares of 10 pence each


10. Date of transaction

23 July 2002


11. Date company informed

25 July 2002


12. Total holding following this notification

21,924,774


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.00


14. Any additional information

N/A


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Trevor Williams
Assistant Company Secretary
0117 933 7410


16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Trevor Williams
Assistant Company Secretary
0117 933 7410


Date of notification

25 July 2002



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