British Telecommunications PLC
25 February 2000
NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
1 NAME OF COMPANY 2 NAME OF DIRECTOR
British Telecommunications plc Sir Iain Vallance
Sir Peter Bonfield
Robert Brace
Bill Cockburn
3 THIS NOTIFICATION IS IN RESPECT OF A HOLDING OF:
The Directors named in 2 above
4 NAME OF THE REGISTERED HOLDER
Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited
5 THIS NOTIFICATION RELATES TO:
Reinvestment of dividends by Ilford Trustees (Jersey)
Limited which is trustee of the BT Employee Trust and BT
Employee Trust No.2 of which the Directors
named in 2 above are discretionary beneficiaries.
6 NATURE OF TRANSACTION & NATURE & EXTENT OF DIRECTOR'S
INTEREST IN TRANSACTION
The above named directors have acquired the following technical interests
under Schedule 13 of the Companies Act 1985:
- a technical interest, together with all employees of
BT plc, in 42,374 shares held in the BT Employee Trust
- a technical interest, together with all
employees of BT plc, in 20,782 shares held in the BT
Employee Trust No.2.
7 NUMBER OF SHARES ACQUIRED 8 PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED
CLASS
63,156 shares Not significant
9 NUMBER OF SHARES DISPOSED 10 PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED
OF CLASS
Not applicable Not applicable
11 CLASS OF SECURITY 12 PRICE PER SHARE
Ordinary Shares of 25p Date No. of shares Price per share
14.02.00 33,612 990 pence*
14.02.00 16,215 990 pence**
25.02.00 8,762 1138 pence*
25.02.00 4,567 1138 pence**
* BT Employee Trust
** BT Employee Trust No. 2
13 DATE OF TRANSACTION 14 DATE COMPANY INFORMED
14/25 February 2000 25 February 2000
15 TOTAL HOLDING (i.e. Directors' interests) FOLLOWING THIS
NOTIFICATION; DETAILS OF SHARE OPTIONS ARE GIVEN AT 22
BELOW.
See following notifications of individual directors' interests.
16 TOTAL PERCENTAGE HOLDING OF ISSUED CLASS FOLLOWING THIS
NOTIFICATION
Not significant
17 DATE OF GRANT 18 PERIOD DURING WHICH OR
DATE ON WHICH EXERCISABLE
Not applicable Not applicable
19 TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR GRANT 20 DESCRIPTION OF SHARES
OF INVOLVED OPTION
Not applicable Not applicable
21 EXERCISE PRICE (FIXED AT TIME OF GRANT)
Not applicable
22 TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES OVER WHICH THE DIRECTORS HOLDS
OPTIONS FOLLOWING THIS NOTIFICATION
No change since previous notification of directors'
interests.
23 ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The above named directors have other technical interests
under Section 13 of the Companies Act 1985 as follows:
- a technical interest, together with all employees of BT,
in 78,454 shares held in the name of BT Employee Shares
Trustees Limited;
- a technical interest, together with all employees of BT,
in 6,003,166 shares held in trust in the name of Ilford
Trustees (Jersey) Limited as discretionary beneficiaries
of the BT Employee Trust; and
- a technical interest, together with all employees
of BT, in 13,322,656 shares held in trust in the name of
Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited as discretionary
beneficiaries of the BT Employee Trust No. 2.
24 DATE THAT DIRECTORS BECAME AWARE OF THE TRANSACTION
25 February 2000
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