Holding(s) in Company

BT Group PLC

11 December 2024

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB0030913577

Issuer Name

BT GROUP PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Morgan Stanley

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
Morgan Stanley	Wilmington, Delaware	USA

4. Details of the shareholder

Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the notification obligation, above

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

06-Dec-2024

6. Date on which Issuer notified

10-Dec-2024

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	0.000000	7.791683	7.791683	775741615
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	0.014164	9.032578	9.046742

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB0030913577
Sub Total 8.A	0		0.000000%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

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
Call Option (Physically Settled)	20/12/2024	at any time	50000	0.000502
Call Option (Physically Settled)	17/01/2025	at any time	50000	0.000502
Call Option (Physically Settled)	21/03/2025	at any time	100000	0.001004
Call Option (Physically Settled)	16/05/2025	at any time	400000	0.004018
Call Option (Physically Settled)	18/12/2026	at any time	1353800	0.013598
Right of recall over securities lending agreements	at any time	at any time	3169084	0.031831
Sub Total 8.B1			5122884	0.051455%

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Call Option (Cash Settled)	07/01/2025	at any time	Cash	258044	0.002592
Call Option (Cash Settled)	08/01/2025	at any time	Cash	90891	0.000913
Call Option (Cash Settled)	14/01/2025	at any time	Cash	196084	0.001970
Call Option (Cash Settled)	22/01/2025	at any time	Cash	170953	0.001717
Call Option (Cash Settled)	31/01/2025	at any time	Cash	48560	0.000488
Call Option (Cash Settled)	26/02/2025	at any time	Cash	92738	0.000931
Compound Option	05/11/2025	at any time	Cash	728191790	7.314082
Equity Swap	17/03/2025	at any time	Cash	65770	0.000661
Equity Swap	13/05/2025	at any time	Cash	79107	0.000795
Equity Swap	20/06/2025	at any time	Cash	352443	0.003540
Equity Swap	17/07/2025	at any time	Cash	532000	0.005343
Equity Swap	18/08/2025	at any time	Cash	14959	0.000150
Equity Swap	22/09/2025	at any time	Cash	11095253	0.111443
Equity Swap	10/10/2025	at any time	Cash	1050000	0.010546
Equity Swap	20/10/2025	at any time	Cash	3086656	0.031003
Equity Swap	20/11/2025	at any time	Cash	3750503	0.037671
Equity Swap	12/01/2026	at any time	Cash	107000	0.001075
Equity Swap	31/03/2026	at any time	Cash	2637744	0.026494
Equity Swap	07/04/2026	at any time	Cash	8948164	0.089877
Equity Swap	28/08/2026	at any time	Cash	200072	0.002010
Equity Swap	26/04/2029	at any time	Cash	650000	0.006529
Put Option (Physically Settled)	20/12/2024	at any time	Physical	3500000	0.035155
Put Option (Physically Settled)	20/06/2025	at any time	Physical	2000000	0.020088
Put Option (Physically Settled)	20/06/2025	at any time	Physical	3500000	0.035155
Sub Total 8.B2				770618731	7.740228%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Morgan Stanley (Chain 1)
Morgan Stanley (Chain 1)	Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC
Morgan Stanley (Chain 1)	Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, LLC
Morgan Stanley (Chain 1)	Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC
Morgan Stanley (Chain 2)
Morgan Stanley (Chain 2)	Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC
Morgan Stanley (Chain 2)	Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Morgan Stanley (Chain 3)
Morgan Stanley (Chain 3)	Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc.
Morgan Stanley (Chain 3)	Morgan Stanley International Limited
Morgan Stanley (Chain 3)	Morgan Stanley Investments (UK)
Morgan Stanley (Chain 3)	Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
Morgan Stanley (Chain 4)
Morgan Stanley (Chain 4)	Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC
Morgan Stanley (Chain 4)	Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.		7.314082	7.314082%

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

12. Date of Completion

10-Dec-2024

13. Place Of Completion

Glasgow

 

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