Imperial Tobacco Group PLC - Transaction in Own Shares  Purchase of own securities Imperial Tobacco has today, 19 November 2012, purchased 100,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 2427.51 pence per ordinary share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Imperial Tobacco holds 80,773,132 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 987,169,749. Contacts: John Nelson-Smith Imperial Tobacco Group PLC 0117 933 7032   Copies of our announcements are available on our website:  www.imperial-tobacco.com