Goes Ex. Divi on Wed (30p). yet the price has been going down, any holders have an incite as to why at all.

Regards

Stan .

Out yesterday, Divi up 11% over the year http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4473669

Imperial Tobacco boosted its full-year dividend by a very nice 11% to 105.6p per share this week, giving shareholders a yield of 4.4% based on the current share price of 2,381p. And it's nicely covered as well, by earnings per share of 201p.

Imperial is one of the few companies that was pretty much unaffected by the banking crisis and the recession, and has steadily grown its earnings and dividend payouts year after year.

Ex-divi wed 16th Jan '13 (73.9p)

One of my biggest holdings, never fails to deliver the goods.

Interim Management Statement

Quality Growth through Total Tobacco

· Tobacco net revenue up over 2 per cent, with price mix improvement of 3.5 per cent
· Stick equivalent volumes down 1 per cent
· Q1 growth across total tobacco portfolio:
· +12 per cent net revenue and +10 per cent volume growth in key strategic brands
· +9 per cent net revenue and +9 per cent volume growth in fine cut tobacco
· +40 per cent net revenue and +33 per cent volume growth in snus
· Stable net revenue and +3 per cent volume growth in premium cigar

"One of my biggest holdings, never fails to deliver the goods." Famous last words eh dandu? -5% -): Still backy shares rarely stay down for to long.

Interim Management Statement

Overview

· Nine month performance confirms our full year expectations
· Significant progress made with next phase of strategic transition to optimise long-term growth potential:
· new sales divisions established, reinforcing the strategic role of each market;
· strategic review of cigarette and fine cut brands portfolio completed, now being built into execution plans;
· cost optimisation programme on track, with savings of at least £30m to be realised this year;
· new Group Marketing Director appointed
· Encouraging core portfolio performance in an environment of weak industry volumes:
· Underlying1 stick equivalent volume and revenue declines of 5 per cent and 1 per cent
· reported stick equivalent volume and revenue declines of 7 per cent and 3 per cent
· key strategic brands outperforming market trends: underlying1 volumes declined 1 per cent, with growth in total market share; reported volumes were down 4 per cent
· excellent fine cut tobacco performance and good growth in premium cigar and snus.
· notable progress in many key markets including Germany, Greece, Scandinavia, Australia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Algeria, Kazakhstan and Turkey.

Just seen who their Chief Executive is.. Alice Cooper -):

I thought he spent most of his time playing golf these days!

New Financial Director http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4667029

Barclays Capital Equal weight 2,211.00 - 2,600.00 Reiterates

Finals out today... But later I think with these.

Or maybe not!

Annual Financial Report

Preliminary Results for the 12 months ended 30 September 2013

Overview
· Significant transition progress: realigned footprint and optimised brand portfolio
· Robust performance: earnings per share up 6 per cent at constant currency
· Enhanced quality of growth, driven by Growth Brands and Growth Markets
o Growth Brands: share up (+30bps); net revenue up 2 per cent
o Growth Markets: share up (excluding Russia); net revenue +2%, profit +7%
o Returns Markets: robust profit performance
· Cost optimisation initiatives deliver £30 million; on track for £300 million pa by 2018
· Strong cash conversion: 86%
· Full year dividend per share +10% to 116.4p; total of £1.6bn returned to shareholders in year

Ex-divi wed 15th Jan 2014 (81.2p)

Imperial Tobacco shares lifted by deal to sell its e-cigarettes in Boots

Big tobacco has made another significant move into the e-cigarette market with news that Imperial Tobacco is to sell its Puritane product in Boots stores, lifting the company's share price.

Both BAT and Imperial had looked at one point as if they were being left behind in the e-cigarette market, which is dominated by independent businesses such as E Lites and Nicolites.

But BAT has just launched an advertising campaign for its Vype e-cigarettes, while the Imperial move means its products, made by its Fontem subsidiary, will be on sale on the high street from Monday.

The future of smoking has been in the spotlight recently, with UK health regulators saying all e-cigarettes have to be licensed as medicines by 2016, while US pharmacy chain CVS announced it would stop selling tobacco cigarettes.

The deal with Boots has lifted Imperial's shares by 17p to £23.77, and analyst Damian McNeela at Panmure Gordon said:

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Ex-divi on wed 16th July 2014 (38.8p)

Oriel Securities has maintained a 'buy' rating for Imperial Tobacco after the cigarette and tobacco manufacturer confirmed rumours that it is in talks with Reynolds American and Lorillard about the possible acquisition of certain assets or brands.

Final Results

Strengthening our Portfolio
· Underlying2 volumes of Growth Brands up 7%, driven by organic growth and brand migrations
· Underlying2 net revenue from Specialist Brands up 2%
· Growth and Specialist Brands delivered 54% of underlying2 tobacco net revenue, up 3 percentage points
· Stock optimisation programme completed; stock held by distributors reduced by over 9 billion SE

Developing our Footprint
· Strong performance in Growth Markets with underlying2 net revenue up 7%
· Returns Markets resilient, with adjusted operating profit up 1%
· US acquisition expected to significantly enhance competitive position and increase diversity of Group income

Cost Optimisation
· Cost optimisation programme delivered over £60m savings in the year; on track for £300m pa by 2018

Capital Discipline
· Overall level of adjusted net debt down by £1bn to £8.1bn; a reduction of 11%
· Strong progress with working capital initiatives; cash conversion up 5 percentage points to 91%
· £395 million generated from partial IPO of non-core business Logista, with proceeds used to reduce debt

Ex-divi 15th Jan 2015 (89.3p)

nothing in the press as to what caused this on friday. Near all time high and with such a strong US dollar I do wonder if there could be a bid looming from one of the bigger US players. Worth watching.