Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0538Z

BT Group PLC

09 March 2012

 



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		27 February 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		28 February 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		10%, 9%

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

815,866,464

815,866,464

771,518,450

9.91%

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

771,518,450

9.91%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Allianz Global (Frankfurt) - 471,382 Brown Brothers Harriman, New Jersey - 523,189 Bank of Ireland, Dublin - 1,739,496 Bank Austria (Frankfurt) - 91,331 Bank of New York - 621,897,483 Banque Paribas, Frankfurt - 781,849 Banque Paribas, Milan - 321,167 Bank of New York Mellon - 13,467,258 Bank of New York Singapore - 125,000 Boston Safe Deposit - 850,991 Chase Bank - 1,696,550 JP Morgan Chase - 2,618,450 Chase, Frankfurt - 516,359 Citibank, Luxembourg - 4,102,078 DGZ Deka Bank (Frankfurt) - 171,380 Erste Group Bank, Austria - 416,936 Feta Investors Services LU - 241,060 HSBC Bank plc, London - 13,585,585 ING-BHF Bank, Frankfurt - 81,910 Japan Trustee Services Bank - 781,328 Mellon Bank , Pittsburgh - 189,698 B.Metzler seel.Sohn & Co.KG, Frankfurt - 292,265 Morgan Stanley, London - 43,549 Master Trust Bank JP - 74,539 National Custody Services - 298,930 Societe Generale FR - 295,549 State Street Trust & Banking Co, Boston - 68,133 State Street Trust & Banking Co, Hong Kong - 20,000 State Street Trust & Banking Co, London - 100,967,933 Trust & Custody Services JP - 30,237 Northern Trust Company, London - 3,290,163 Vorarlberger Landes-und Hypothekenbk Akti - 133,987 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC Limited - 521,147 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ireland Ltd. - 697,979 Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale - 113,559
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:
14. Contact name:	Anna Watch
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7356 5158

This disclosure is being made under DTR 5.6 following receipt of the notification in the post on 8 March 2012.

 

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