Approval by the CNMV of offer by Imperial Tobacco Group PLC for Logista, S.A.

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Approval by the CNMV of offer by Imperial Tobacco Group PLC for Logista, S.A.

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ("Imperial Tobacco") today announces the approval by the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores ("CNMV"), the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission, of its unconditional mandatory cash offer (the "Offer") for the shares in Compańía de Distribución Integral Logista, S.A. ("Logista") which are not already owned by Altadis, S.A. ("Altadis").

The Offer, which was announced on 25 January 2008, is being made by Altadis at a price of €52.50 per Logista share.

Altadis currently owns approximately 59.62% of the entire issued share capital of Logista.

The full terms of the Offer are set out in the offer document dated 4 April 2008. A copy of the offer document, together with a summary, will be available for inspection on this website shortly.

Details of the offer acceptance period will be announced shortly.


Enquiries

Imperial Tobacco
Alex Parsons (Head of Corporate Communications)

Telephone: +44 (0) 7967 467241

Simon Evans (Group Press Officer)
Telephone: +44 (0) 7967 467684

John Nelson-Smith (Investor Relations Manager)
Telephone: +44 (0) 117 933 7032

Nicola Tate (Investor Relations Manager)
Telephone: +44 (0) 117 933 7082

Citi (financial adviser to Imperial Tobacco)
Ian Carnegie-Brown
Ian Hart
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7986 4000

Citi, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Imperial Tobacco and no one else in relation to the matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Imperial Tobacco for providing the protections afforded to clients of Citi nor for providing advice in relation to these matters, the content of this announcement or any matter referred to in it.