Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6183I

BT Group PLC

26 July 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		24 July 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		25 July 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		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

780,050,209

780,050,209

778,822,638

9.99%

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

778,822,638

9.99%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Invesco Advisers Inc. & Invesco Asset Management Ireland - 68,133 Invesco Asset Management GmbH & Invesco GT Management - 6,302,717 Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Asset Management Ireland - 3,488,329 Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Asset Management Japan - 1,297,546 Invesco Asset Management Japan - 822,352 Invesco Asset Management Dublin - 6,847,800 Invesco Asset Management GmbH - 2,531,507 Invesco Asset Management Limited - 193,468,351 Invesco Asset Management S.A (France) - 37,479 Invesco Australia Limited - 296,220 Invesco Austria & Invesco Asset Management GmbH - 133,248 Invesco GT Management S.A - 52,956 Invesco Hong Kong Limited - 1,648,248 Invesco Kapitalanlagegesellschaft GmbH - 848,630 Invesco Fund Managers Limited - 559,994,903 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ireland - 576,558 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Limited - 261,761 ADR's 10:1 = 145,900
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

 

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