London, 05 February 2015 -- Moody's Investors Service has today assigned a (P)Baa3 backed senior unsecured programme rating to Imperial Tobacco Finance France SAS ("Imperial Finance SAS"), an indirect wholly-owned finance subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ("Imperial Tobacco" Baa3). The rating outlook is negative. Imperial Finance SAS is together with Imperial Tobacco Finance PLC ("Imperial Finance" Baa3) an issuer under the group's EUR15 billion Debt Issuance Programme (the "Programme" (P)Baa3). All debt issued by Imperial Finance SAS and Imperial Finance is unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the parent Imperial Tobacco.

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