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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2006</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington,
D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM
S-8</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IMPERIAL
TOBACCO GROUP PLC</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">England and Wales</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Not Applicable</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or<br>
  organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Upton Road<br>
  Bristol BS99 7UJ, England<br>
  +44 117 963 6636</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Imperial Tobacco Group
  International Sharesave Plan</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the plan)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Robert
  Burton Associates Ltd.<br>
  100 Passaic Avenue<br>
  Fairfield NJ 07004<br>
  Attention: Russell G. Mancuso<br>
  (973) 882-5500</font></b></p>
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  <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copies to:<br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Paul McCarthy<br>
  </font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Allen &amp; Overy<br>
  One New Change<br>
  London EC4M 9QQ, England</font></b></font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone<br>
  number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(+44) (20) 7330 3000</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;each&nbsp;class&nbsp;of&nbsp;securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
  registered(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>
  maximum<br>
  offering<br>
  price&nbsp;per<br>
  ADS(4)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>
  maximum<br>
  aggregate<br>
  offering<br>
  price</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  registration<br>
  fee</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">American Depositary
  Shares (&#147;ADSs&#148;) each representing two ordinary shares of 10p each of Imperial
  Tobacco Group PLC(1)</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.66%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">42,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.84%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.88%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">64.43</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.88%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,706,060</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.88%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">289.55</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.35pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>American Depositary Shares (&#147;ADSs&#148;) each
representing two ordinary shares of 10p each, of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, a
public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the &#147;Registrant&#148;),
have been registered on a separate registration statement on Form F-6, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on November 2,
1998 (File No. 333-5592).</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The number of ADSs being registered
represents the estimated maximum aggregate number deliverable to employees in
the United States pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s International Sharesave
Plan&#160; (the &#147;Sharesave Plan &#147;).</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In addition, in accordance with Rule 416(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement also covers any additional ADSs of Imperial Tobacco
Group plc (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) that become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution
provisions of the Sharesave Plan .</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities
Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share has been calculated pursuant
to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act and is based upon the average of the
high and low prices for the Registrant&#146;s ADSs as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on May 9, 2006 .</p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Part
I Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
1. Plan Information.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement, pursuant to
Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
and the Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement, pursuant to
Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Part
II Information Required in the Registration Statement</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (the &#147;Registrant&#148;),
are incorporated by reference as of their respective dates in this Registration
Statement:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Registrant&#146;s Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005, filed with
the Commission on February 16, 2006 (File No. 1-14874 (the &#147;Annual Report&#148;);</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.3pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All other reports filed
by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since September 30, 2004, the end
of the Registrant&#146;s fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a)
above; and</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.3pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The description of the
securities to be registered contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 20-F, filed with the Commission on October 26, 1998 (File No.
1-14874).</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.3pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequent filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement.&nbsp; Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
4. Description of Securities.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Companies Act 1985, as amended (the &#147;Companies Act&#148;), provides:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">309A Provisions protecting
directors from liability</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>This section applies in
relation to any liability attaching to a director of a company in connection
with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him in
relation to the company.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any provision which purports
to exempt (to any extent) a director of a company from any liability within
subsection (1) is void.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Any provision by which a
company directly or indirectly provides (to any extent) an indemnity for a
director of :</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.3in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the company, or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.3in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>an associated company,</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">against any liability within subsection (1) is
void.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This is subject to subsections (4) and (5).</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Subsection (3) does not apply
to a qualifying third party indemnity provision (see section 309B(1)).</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Subsection (3) does not
prevent a company from purchasing and maintaining for a director of:</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.3in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the company, or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.3in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>an associated company,</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">insurance against any liability within subsection
(1).</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In this section:</p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;associated company&#148;, in relation to a company (&#147;C&#148;),
means a company which is C&#146;s subsidiary, or C&#146;s holding company or a subsidiary
of C&#146;s holding company;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;provision&#148; means a provision of any nature,
whether or not it is contained in a company&#146;s articles or in any contract with
a company.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.35pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.35pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">309B Qualifying third party
indemnity provisions</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.35pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>For the purposes of section
309A(4) a provision is a qualifying third party indemnity provision if it is a
provision such as is mentioned in section 309A(3) in relation to which conditions
A to C below are satisfied:</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Condition A is that the
provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by the
director:</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.3in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to the company, or</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.3in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to any associated
company.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Condition B is that the
provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by the
director to pay:</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.3in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>a fine imposed in
criminal proceedings, or</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.3in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>a sum payable to a
regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any
requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising).</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Condition C is that the
provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by the
director:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>in defending any
criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, or</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>in defending any civil
proceedings brought by the company, or an associated company, in which judgment
is given against him, or</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>in connection with any
application under any of the following provisions in which the court refuses to
grant him relief, namely:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.8in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>section 144(3) or (4)
(acquisition of shares by innocent nominee), or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.8in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>section 727 (general
power to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct).</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 106.55pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-23.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In paragraph (a), (b) or (c)
of subsection (4) the reference to any such conviction, judgment or refusal of
relief is a reference to one that has become final.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>For the purposes of
subsection (5) a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief becomes final:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.8in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>if not appealed
against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.8in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>if appealed against, at
the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is disposed of.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>An appeal is disposed of:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.8in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>if it is determined and
the period for bringing any further appeal has ended, or</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.8in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>if it is abandoned or
otherwise ceases to have effect.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In this section &#147;associated
company&#148; and &#147;provision&#148; have the same meaning as in section 309A.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sections 309A and 309B of the Companies Act 1985 are enabling
provisions which set out the parameters by which the Registrant may enter into
indemnity arrangements with its directors and/or officers. As indicated below,
the provisions of the Registrant&#146;s Articles of Association with respect to
director/officer indemnification and insurance (see discussion below regarding
Article 154) are sufficiently wide in scope to enable the Registrant to enter
into indemnity arrangements within the parameters of sections 309A and 309B of
the Companies Act 1985 as set forth above. However, as of the date of this
registration statement, no specific arrangements have been entered into between
the Registrant and any of the directors and/or officers of the Registrant with
regard to the indemnification of the directors and/or officers under sections
309A and 309B of the Companies Act but the Registrant intends to review its
position regarding indemnification of directors and officers from time to time
in the future.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section 727 of the Companies Act provides:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If any proceedings for
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust against an officer of a
company or a person employed by a company as auditor (whether he is or is not
an officer of the company) it appears to the court hearing the case that that
officer or person is or may be liable in respect of negligence, default, breach
of duty or breach of trust, but that he has acted honestly and reasonably, and
that having regard to all the circumstances of the case (including those
connected with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, that court may relieve
him, either wholly or partly, from his liability on such terms as it thinks
fit.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>If any officer or
person as above-mentioned has reason to apprehend that any claim will nor might
be made against him in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or
breach of trust, he may apply to the court for relief; and the court on the
application has the same power to relieve him as under this section it would
have had if it had been a court before which proceedings against that</p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">person for negligence, default, breach of duty or
breach of trust had been brought.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Where a case to which
subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge with a jury, the judge, after
hearing evidence, may, if he is satisfied that the defendant or defender ought
in pursuance of that subsection to be relieved either in whole or in party from
the liability sought to be enforced against him, withdraw the case in whole or
in part from the jury and forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the
defendant or defender on such terms as to costs or otherwise as the judge may
think proper.&#148;</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article 154 of the Articles of Association of the Registrant provides:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Subject to the provisions
of the Statutes but without prejudice to any indemnity to which the person
concerned may otherwise be entitled, every person who is or was at any time a
Director or other officer or Auditor of the Company shall be indemnified out of
the assets of the Company against all costs, charges, expenses, losses or
liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the actual or purported
execution and/or discharge of the duties of his office and/or the exercise or
purported exercise of his powers or discretions and/or otherwise in relation
thereto or in connection therewith, including (without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing) any liability incurred by him in defending any
proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his
favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under
Section 144(3) or (4) or Section 727 of the Companies Act, which relief is
granted to him the Court.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additionally, the directors and officers of the Registrant are covered
by insurance policies indemnifying against certain liabilities, including
certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act, which might be incurred
by them in such capacities and against which they may not be indemnified by the
Registrant.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
8. Exhibits.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Exhibits listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed as
part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement (see
Exhibit Index below).</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
9. Undertakings.</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration</p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Statement.&nbsp; Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value
of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offerings range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement; and</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>That, for the purpose
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide </font></i>offering
thereof.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-31.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona
fide</font></i> offering thereof.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.&nbsp; In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defence of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">II-5</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant</font></u>. Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Bristol, England on this 16th day of May, 2006.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP PLC</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ ROBERT DYRBUS</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
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  <td width="36%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:36.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert Dyrbus</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER
OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Robert Dyrbus,
Christopher Deft, Matthew Phillips and Trevor Williams as such person&#146;s true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
revocation, for such person and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this
Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and registration
statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, and does hereby grant unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement
or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact and agent, or
such person&#146;s substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;DEREK BONHAM</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman and Non-</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Derek Bonham</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;GARETH DAVIS</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive and Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gareth Davis</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(principal executive officer)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;ROBERT DYRBUS</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Finance Director</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert Dyrbus</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(principal financial officer<br>
  and accounting officer)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;DAVID CRESSWELL</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Manufacturing Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David Cresswell</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;FRANK ROGERSON</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Corporate Affairs Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Frank Rogerson</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;GRAHAM BLASHILL</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Group Sales &amp; Marketing Director</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Graham Blashill</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.9%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;ANTHONY ALEXANDER</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joint Vice Chairman and</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ IAIN NAPIER</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joint Vice Chairman and</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Iain Napier</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Non-Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;PIERRE JUNGELS</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pierre Jungels</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;SUSAN MURRAY</font></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Susan Murray</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;COLIN DAY</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Colin Day</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;KENNETH BURNETT</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kenneth Burnett</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.08%;">
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;CHARLES KNOTT</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Executive Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:19.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Charles Knott</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;JOHN J. MERCER</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May 16, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title: Vice President, Finance and Administration</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">II-7</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Plan</font></u>.&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee
benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Jersey, on this 16th day
of May, 2006.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>As trustee of the Imperial Tobacco Group PLC 2001 Employee Benefit Trust</p>

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TO EXHIBITS</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description&nbsp;of&nbsp;Exhibit</font></b></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
  Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003 (File
  No. 1-14874), filed with the Commission on February 10, 2004).</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.06%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement
  among the Registrant, Citibank N.A., as Depositary, and all holders and
  beneficial owners of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American
  Depositary Receipts issued thereunder, including the Form of American
  Depositary Receipt included therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1
  to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 20-F (File No. 1-14874),
  filed with the Commission on October 26, 1998).</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Imperial Tobacco Group International Sharesave
  Plan.*</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Custodian Agreement, dated as of </font>May 1, 2006</font>, between Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, acting as agent for certain of
  its employees, and the HSBC Bank USA.*</p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm.*</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (contained in the signature
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2006
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
IMPERIAL
TOBACCO GROUP PLC
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
England and Wales
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Upton Road
Bristol BS99 7UJ, England
+44 117 963 6636
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Imperial Tobacco Group
  International Sharesave Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Robert
  Burton Associates Ltd.
100 Passaic Avenue
Fairfield NJ 07004
Attention: Russell G. Mancuso
(973) 882-5500
Copies to:
Paul McCarthy
Allen & Overy
One New Change
London EC4M 9QQ, England
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
(+44) (20) 7330 3000
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities to be registered
Amount to be
registered(2)
Proposed
maximum
offering
price per
ADS(4)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering
price
Amount of
registration
fee
American Depositary
  Shares ("ADSs") each representing two ordinary shares of 10p each of Imperial
  Tobacco Group PLC(1)
42,000
(3)
$
64.43
$
2,706,060
$
289.55
(1)
American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") each
representing two ordinary shares of 10p each, of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, a
public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the "Registrant"),
have been registered on a separate registration statement on Form F-6, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on November 2,
1998 (File No. 333-5592).
(2)
The number of ADSs being registered
represents the estimated maximum aggregate number deliverable to employees in
the United States pursuant to the Registrant's International Sharesave
Plan  (the "Sharesave Plan ").
(3)
In addition, in accordance with Rule 416(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
Registration Statement also covers any additional ADSs of Imperial Tobacco
Group plc (the "Registrant") that become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution
provisions of the Sharesave Plan .
(4)
In accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities
Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share has been calculated pursuant
to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act and is based upon the average of the
high and low prices for the Registrant's ADSs as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on May 9, 2006 .
Part
I Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
Item
1. Plan Information.
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement, pursuant to
Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
and the Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.
Item
2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement, pursuant to
Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.
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Part
II Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item
3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (the "Registrant"),
are incorporated by reference as of their respective dates in this Registration
Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005, filed with
the Commission on February 16, 2006 (File No. 1-14874 (the "Annual Report");
(b)
All other reports filed
by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since September 30, 2004, the end
of the Registrant's fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a)
above; and
(c)
The description of the
securities to be registered contained in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 20-F, filed with the Commission on October 26, 1998 (File No.
1-14874).
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequent filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
Item
4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item
5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item
6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Companies Act 1985, as amended (the "Companies Act"), provides:
309A Provisions protecting
directors from liability
(1)
This section applies in
relation to any liability attaching to a director of a company in connection
with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him in
relation to the company.
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(2)
Any provision which purports
to exempt (to any extent) a director of a company from any liability within
subsection (1) is void.
(3)
Any provision by which a
company directly or indirectly provides (to any extent) an indemnity for a
director of :
(a)
the company, or
(b)
an associated company,
against any liability within subsection (1) is
void.
This is subject to subsections (4) and (5).
(4)
Subsection (3) does not apply
to a qualifying third party indemnity provision (see section 309B(1)).
(5)
Subsection (3) does not
prevent a company from purchasing and maintaining for a director of:
(a)
the company, or
(b)
an associated company,
insurance against any liability within subsection
(1).
(6)
In this section:
"associated company", in relation to a company ("C"),
means a company which is C's subsidiary, or C's holding company or a subsidiary
of C's holding company;
"provision" means a provision of any nature,
whether or not it is contained in a company's articles or in any contract with
a company.
309B Qualifying third party
indemnity provisions
(1)
For the purposes of section
309A(4) a provision is a qualifying third party indemnity provision if it is a
provision such as is mentioned in section 309A(3) in relation to which conditions
A to C below are satisfied:
(2)
Condition A is that the
provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by the
director:
(a)
to the company, or
(b)
to any associated
company.
(3)
Condition B is that the
provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by the
director to pay:
(a)
a fine imposed in
criminal proceedings, or
(b)
a sum payable to a
regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any
requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising).
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(4)
Condition C is that the
provision does not provide any indemnity against any liability incurred by the
director:
(a)
in defending any
criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, or
(b)
in defending any civil
proceedings brought by the company, or an associated company, in which judgment
is given against him, or
(c)
in connection with any
application under any of the following provisions in which the court refuses to
grant him relief, namely:
(i)
section 144(3) or (4)
(acquisition of shares by innocent nominee), or
(ii)
section 727 (general
power to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct).
(5)
In paragraph (a), (b) or (c)
of subsection (4) the reference to any such conviction, judgment or refusal of
relief is a reference to one that has become final.
(6)
For the purposes of
subsection (5) a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief becomes final:
(a)
if not appealed
against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or
(b)
if appealed against, at
the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is disposed of.
(7)
An appeal is disposed of:
(a)
if it is determined and
the period for bringing any further appeal has ended, or
(b)
if it is abandoned or
otherwise ceases to have effect.
(8)
In this section "associated
company" and "provision" have the same meaning as in section 309A.
Sections 309A and 309B of the Companies Act 1985 are enabling
provisions which set out the parameters by which the Registrant may enter into
indemnity arrangements with its directors and/or officers. As indicated below,
the provisions of the Registrant's Articles of Association with respect to
director/officer indemnification and insurance (see discussion below regarding
Article 154) are sufficiently wide in scope to enable the Registrant to enter
into indemnity arrangements within the parameters of sections 309A and 309B of
the Companies Act 1985 as set forth above. However, as of the date of this
registration statement, no specific arrangements have been entered into between
the Registrant and any of the directors and/or officers of the Registrant with
regard to the indemnification of the directors and/or officers under sections
309A and 309B of the Companies Act but the Registrant intends to review its
position regarding indemnification of directors and officers from time to time
in the future.
Section 727 of the Companies Act provides:
"(1)
If any proceedings for
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust against an officer of a
company or a person employed by a company as auditor (whether he is or is not
an officer of the company) it appears to the court hearing the case that that
officer or person is or may be liable in respect of negligence, default, breach
of duty or breach of trust, but that he has acted honestly and reasonably, and
that having regard to all the circumstances of the case (including those
connected with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused for the
negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, that court may relieve
him, either wholly or partly, from his liability on such terms as it thinks
fit.
(2)
If any officer or
person as above-mentioned has reason to apprehend that any claim will nor might
be made against him in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or
breach of trust, he may apply to the court for relief; and the court on the
application has the same power to relieve him as under this section it would
have had if it had been a court before which proceedings against that
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person for negligence, default, breach of duty or
breach of trust had been brought.
(3)
Where a case to which
subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge with a jury, the judge, after
hearing evidence, may, if he is satisfied that the defendant or defender ought
in pursuance of that subsection to be relieved either in whole or in party from
the liability sought to be enforced against him, withdraw the case in whole or
in part from the jury and forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the
defendant or defender on such terms as to costs or otherwise as the judge may
think proper."
Article 154 of the Articles of Association of the Registrant provides:
"Subject to the provisions
of the Statutes but without prejudice to any indemnity to which the person
concerned may otherwise be entitled, every person who is or was at any time a
Director or other officer or Auditor of the Company shall be indemnified out of
the assets of the Company against all costs, charges, expenses, losses or
liabilities which he may sustain or incur in or about the actual or purported
execution and/or discharge of the duties of his office and/or the exercise or
purported exercise of his powers or discretions and/or otherwise in relation
thereto or in connection therewith, including (without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing) any liability incurred by him in defending any
proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgement is given in his
favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under
Section 144(3) or (4) or Section 727 of the Companies Act, which relief is
granted to him the Court."
Additionally, the directors and officers of the Registrant are covered
by insurance policies indemnifying against certain liabilities, including
certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act, which might be incurred
by them in such capacities and against which they may not be indemnified by the
Registrant.
Item
7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item
8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed as
part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement (see
Exhibit Index below).
Item
9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration
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Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value
of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offerings range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii)
to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3)
To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defence of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Bristol, England on this 16th day of May, 2006.
IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP PLC
By
/s/ ROBERT DYRBUS
Name:
Robert Dyrbus
Title:
Finance Director
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Robert Dyrbus,
Christopher Deft, Matthew Phillips and Trevor Williams as such person's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
revocation, for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this
Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and registration
statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, and does hereby grant unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement
or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact and agent, or
such person's substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
Signature
Titles
Date
/s/  DEREK BONHAM
Chairman and Non-
May 16, 2006
Derek Bonham
Executive Director
/s/  GARETH DAVIS
Chief Executive and Director
May 16, 2006
Gareth Davis
(principal executive officer)
/s/  ROBERT DYRBUS
Finance Director
May 16, 2006
Robert Dyrbus
(principal financial officer
and accounting officer)
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/s/  DAVID CRESSWELL
Manufacturing Director
May 16, 2006
David Cresswell
/s/  FRANK ROGERSON
Corporate Affairs Director
May 16, 2006
Frank Rogerson
/s/  GRAHAM BLASHILL
Group Sales & Marketing Director
May 16, 2006
Graham Blashill
/s/  ANTHONY ALEXANDER
Joint Vice Chairman and
May 16, 2006
Anthony Alexander
Non-Executive Director
/s/ IAIN NAPIER
Joint Vice Chairman and
May 16, 2006
Iain Napier
Senior Non-Executive Director
/s/  PIERRE JUNGELS
Non-Executive Director
May 16, 2006
Pierre Jungels
/s/  SUSAN MURRAY
Non-Executive Director
May 16, 2006
Susan Murray
/s/  COLIN DAY
Non-Executive Director
May 16, 2006
Colin Day
/s/  KENNETH BURNETT
Non-Executive Director
May 16, 2006
Kenneth Burnett
/s/  CHARLES KNOTT
Non-Executive Director
May 16, 2006
Charles Knott
Authorized Representative in
the United States:
Robert Burton Associates, Inc.
By:
/s/  JOHN J. MERCER
May 16, 2006
Name: John J. Mercer
Title: Vice President, Finance and Administration
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The Plan
.  Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee
benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Jersey, on this 16th day
of May, 2006.
Abacus (C.I.)
  Limited*
By:
/s/ MARK LE
SAINT
May 16, 2006
Name: Mark Le Saint
Title: Authorized Signatory
*
As trustee of the Imperial Tobacco Group PLC 2001 Employee Benefit Trust
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
  Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant's
  Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003 (File
  No. 1-14874), filed with the Commission on February 10, 2004).
4.2
Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement
  among the Registrant, Citibank N.A., as Depositary, and all holders and
  beneficial owners of American Depositary Shares evidenced by American
  Depositary Receipts issued thereunder, including the Form of American
  Depositary Receipt included therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1
  to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 20-F (File No. 1-14874),
  filed with the Commission on October 26, 1998).
4.3
Imperial Tobacco Group International Sharesave
  Plan.*
4.4
Custodian Agreement, dated as of
May 1, 2006
, between Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, acting as agent for certain of
  its employees, and the HSBC Bank USA.*
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm.*
24.
Power of Attorney (contained in the signature
  page to this Registration Statement).
*
Filed herewith.
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