UPDATE 2-Imperial Brands slashes dividend as recession set to hit spending on pricier cigarettes <!-- no image --> <div>* Shares down 8%, top loser on FTSE (Adds details on dividend, outlook, CEO quote, shares)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=oNKe68pA96w:Dxj5YjKN1yY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=oNKe68pA96w:Dxj5YjKN1yY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=oNKe68pA96w:Dxj5YjKN1yY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=oNKe68pA96w:Dxj5YjKN1yY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=oNKe68pA96w:Dxj5YjKN1yY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/oNKe68pA96w" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters