Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2722H

BT Group PLC

17 February 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

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:	INVESCO LIMITED
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	12 FEBRUARY 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	15 FEBRUARY 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORDINARY 5P SHARES	393,580,195	393,580,195			780,354,826		10.06%
GB0030913577

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
780,354,826	10.06%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

ABN Amro Bank - 932,805 Brown Brothers Harriman, New Jersey - 1,741,657 Bank of Ireland, Dublin - 2,709,631 Bank of New York - 642,833,096 Banque Paribas - 2,063,645 Banque Paribas, Frankfurt - 655,900 Boston Safe Deposit - 630,505 Credit Agricole Indosuez, Luxembourg -124,269 Chase Bank Hong Kong - 852,637 JP Morgan Chase - 12,709,414 Chase, Frankfurt - 1,272,633 Citibank, Luxembourg - 1,954,337 Citibank, New York -  40,232 Citibank - 429,434 Credit Agricole Indosuez - 463,929 SG Private Banking - 742,161 EKK EG Kasal -11,262 Erste Group Bank, Vienna - 413,615 HSBC Bank plc, London - 9,692,198 Japan Trustee Services Bank - 21,280 Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh - 3,884,813 B.Metzler seel.Sohn & Co.KG, Frankfurt - 56,439  Morgan Stanley, London - 95,259 National Custody Services - 462,415 State Street, Sydney - 20,000 State Street Trust & Banking Co, Boston - 668,502 State Street Trust & Banking Co, Hong Kong - 578,044 State Street Trust & Banking Co, London - 86,419,519 Trust & Custody Services - 147,608 Northern Trust Company, London - 7,024,773 Vorarlberger Landes-und Hypothekenbk Akti - 2,019 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC Limited - (ADS ratio 10:1) - 218,680 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC Limited - 337,019 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ireland Ltd. - 86,714 Invesco Advisers Inc. - 38,382

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:

 

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