Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0122C

BT Group PLC

28 February 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			BT Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Invesco Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		25 February 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		28 February 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		11%, 10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 5p Shares

853,534,666

853,534,666

845,250,432

10.88%

GB0030913577

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

845,250,432

10.88%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Allianz Global (Frankfurt) - 749,432 Banco Populaire IT - 177,076 Brown Brothers Harriman, New Jersey - 498,306 Bank of Ireland, Dublin - 1,710,782 Bank of New York - 679,397,486 Banque Paribas, Frankfurt - 2,228,963 Bank of New York Mellon - 13,228,950 Bank of New York Singapore - 125,000 Boston Safe Deposit - 1,164,790 Credit Agricole Indosuez, Luxembourg - 594,984 Chase Bank Hong Kong - 1,404,885 JP Morgan Chase - 2,987,294 Chase, Frankfurt - 516,359 Citibank, Luxembourg - 3,579,011 Citibank, (Hong Kong) - 742,161 DGZ Deka Bank (Frankfurt) - 240,799 Erste Group Bank, Austria - 566,026 Feta Investors Services LU - 498,486 HSBC Bank plc, London - 13,416,630 Japan Trustee Services Bank - 754,078 Landersbank Hessen-Thuringen Girozentrale - 208,522 Mellon Bank , Pittsburgh - 2,442,157 B.Metzler seel.Sohn & Co.KG, Frankfurt - 443,488 Morgan Stanley, London - 77,997 Master Trust Bank JP - 70,963 National Custody Services - 387,372 State Street Trust & Banking Co, Boston - 1,662,300 State Street Trust & Banking Co, Hong Kong - 1,320,799 State Street Trust & Banking Co, London - 105,348,424 Trust & Custody Services - 30,237 Northern Trust Company, London - 7,541,494 Vorarlberger Landes-und Hypothekenbk Akti - 166,472 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC Limited -  (ADRS ratio 10:1) - 208,120 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC Limited - 652,134 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ireland Ltd. - 105,439 Invesco Advisers Inc. - 3,016
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	BT Group plc
14. Contact name:	Francis O'Mahony
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7356 6143 [e-mail]

 

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