 Imperial is the world's fourth-largest tobacco company |
Imperial Tobacco has said it will take a one-off loss of �140m ($280m) due to accountancy adjustments relating to its January takeover of rival Altadis. The UK group, the world's fourth biggest cigarette-maker, bought Franco-Spanish Altadis for 12.6bn euros ($19.9bn; �9.9bn) in January.
Imperial said its trading conditions remained in line with expectations.
Cigarette brands owned by the Bristol-based company include Lambert & Butler, West and Gauloises.
"The adjustments will have no effect on the underlying business performance or cash flows of the group," it said in a statement.
Shares in the firm were down 1% in Wednesday trading.
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