Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3794G

BT Group PLC

28 June 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		26 June 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		27 June 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		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

771,047,068

771,047,068

780,050,209

10.01%

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

780,050,209

10.01%

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 - 6302717 Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Asset Management Ireland - 3,256,477 Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Asset Management Japan - 1,272,181 Invesco Asset Management Japan - 824,641 Invesco Asset Management Dublin - 6,796,080 Invesco Asset Management GmbH - 2,475,020 Invesco Asset Management Limited - 193,777,999 Invesco Asset Management S.A (France) - 18,933 Invesco Australia Limited - 296,220 Invesco Austria & Invesco Asset Management GmbH - 144,186 Invesco GT Management S.A - 52,956 Invesco Hong Kong Limited - 1,727,943 Invesco Kapitalanlagegesellschaft GmbH - 888,261 Invesco Fund Managers Limited - 561,176,510 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ireland - 584,205 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Limited - 241,967 ADR's 10:1 = 145,780
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:	Andrew Bennett
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7356 6027

 

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