Notification of major interes

RNS Number : 2221P

BT Group PLC

12 July 2010

 



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		07 July 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		08 July 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		10%, 11%

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

780,460,169

780,460,169

854,960,561

11.02%

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

854,960,561

11.02%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
ABN Amro Bank - 952,805 Brown Brothers Harriman, New Jersey - 1,469,116 Bank of Ireland, Dublin - 2,516,627 Bank of New York - 689,780,025 Banque Paribas, Frankfurt - 1,051,996 Bank of New York Mellon - 10,839,330 Bank of New York Singapore - 125,000 Boston Safe Deposit - 310,805 Credit Agricole Indosuez, Luxembourg - 124,269 Chase Bank Hong Kong - 984,911 JP Morgan Chase - 2,620,144 Chase, Frankfurt - 2,896,004 Citibank, Luxembourg - 1,954,337 Citibank, New York - 162,522 Citibank - 429,434 Credit Agricole Indosuez - 463,929 EKK  EG Kasal - 11,262 Erste Group Bank, Austria - 944,930 HSBC Bank plc, London - 13,663,885 Japan Trustee Services Bank - 777,294 Mellon Bank , Pittsburgh - 3,858,709 B.Metzler seel.Sohn & Co.KG, Frankfurt - 56,439 Master Trust Bank - 6,481,994 Morgan Stanley, London - 176,559 National Custody Services - 387,372 State Street, Sydney - 20,000 State Street Trust & Banking Co, Boston - 1,342,253 State Street Trust & Banking Co, Hong Kong - 298,906 State Street Trust & Banking Co, London - 99,520,005 Trust & Custody Services - 30,237 Northern Trust Company, London - 7,322,405 Vorarlberger Landes-und Hypothekenbk Akti - 2,019 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC Limited -  (ADS ratio 10:1) - 210,430 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC Limited - 386,926 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ireland Ltd. - 126,530 Invesco Advisers Inc. - 1,918,991 Other - 742,161
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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