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Imperial Tobacco Says Business Is Meeting Forecasts (Update1)  

Imperial Tobacco Group Plc said results in the nine months through June met management's forecasts after the 12.6 billion-euro ($20 billion) purchase of Gauloises cigarette maker Altadis SA.

Imperial's share of the U.K. duty paid cigarette market declined to 45.9 percent from 46.5 percent, the Bristol, England-based company said today. Debt shrank to less than 12 billion pounds ($24 billion) at the end of June.

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