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British Telecommunications PLC 26 June 2001 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS plc 2. Name of Directors i. Sir Christopher Bland ii. Sir Peter Bonfield iii. Philip Hampton 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder name in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest. Awards of shares and options under the Company Equity Incentive Portfolio and Deferred Bonus Plan. 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) The notification relates to the Directors awards of shares and options under the Company Equity Incentive Portfolio and Deferred Bonus Plan. 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicated whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Awards of shares and options under the Company Equity Incentive Portfolio and Deferred Bonus Plan. 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired i. Sir Christopher Bland - 235,697 shares and 238,100 options under the Company Equity Incentive Portfolio. ii. Sir Peter Bonfield - 386,543 shares under the Company Equity Incentive Portfolio and 113,370 shares under the Deferred Bonus Plan. iii. Philip Hampton - 153,792 shares under the Company Equity Incentive Portfolio and 11,784 shares under the Deferred Bonus Plan. 8) Percentage of issued class n/a 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed n/a 10) Percentage of issued class n/a 11) Class of security Ordinary 12) Price per share £4.24 award purchase price. 13) Date of transaction 22 June 2001 14) Date Company informed 26 June 2001 15) Total holding following this notification Shares are held in trust for 3 years and are only released to participants subject to certain conditions. 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification n/a If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes 17) Date of grant Sir Christopher Bland was granted options on 22 June 2001 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 1/3 exercisable from 21 June 2002 2/3 exercisable from 21 June 2003 all exercisable from 21 June 2004 until 21 June 2011. 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option nil 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number 238,100 ordinary shares 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise £4.20 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Graeme Wheatley 020 7356 6372 25) Name of signature or authorised company official responsible for making this notification AS ABOVE - Securities Manager Date of Notification 26 June 2001 End

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