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 .

confess i don't hold any tobacco stocks, though for no moral reason
they're certainly good defensively and (i think) with decent yields too

whether one should by BATS or IMT or even both is probably personal choice

in the last year, IMT has easily out-performed BATS, but with BATS just touching 200 dma (southbound) that might be a reason to buy

Barclays Capital today reaffirms its equal weight investment rating on Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (LON:IMT) and raised its price target to 3600p (from 3500p).

Imperial Tobacco changes name to Imperial Brands

StockMarketWire.com

Imperial Tobacco Group has changed its registered name to Imperial Brands with immediate effect following approval by shareholders at the annual general meeting on 3 February. The company's ticker on the London Stock Exchange for its ordinary shares will change to IMB with effect from 8.00 a.m. on 8 February and its new web address www.imperialbrandsplc.com will also go live on 8 February.

The company's ADR ticker will change to IMBBY with effect from the start of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 8 February.

At 2:05pm: (LON:IMT) Imperial Tobacco Group PLC share price was -42.75p at 3555.75p


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more fat walletS for the media boys who convinced management that changing the name (and all that then goes along with that) was a spiffing idea

Just set up a new one under IMB.