Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9745T

BT Group PLC

16 June 2009

 



TR-1		Notification of a Major Interest in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached			BT GROUP
2. Reason for Notification
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights										X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the aquisition 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						AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) if different from 3.
5.Date of the transaction and date in which threshold is crossed or reached						15/06/2009
6.Date on which issuer notified						16/06/2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:						5 %.
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class or Type of shares	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
				Direct	Direct		Indirect		Direct		Indirect
	371,269,921		371,269,921	124,404,134	124,404,134		285,389,573		1.61		3.68
Ordinary shares of 5p each
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after triggering transaction
Type of Financial Instrument		Expiration date	Exercise / conversion period	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
Resulting situation after triggering transaction
Type of Financial Instrument		Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period		Number of voting rights instrument refers to		% of voting rights
								Nominal		Delta
Total A + B + C
Number of Voting Rights				% of voting rights
409,793,707				5.29%
Proxy Voting
10. Name of 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:
14. Contact Name			Graeme Wheatley
15. Contact telephone number			020 7356 6372

 

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