Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6183I
BT Group PLC
26 July 2012
 



 




        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

24 July 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

25 July 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
vi, vii

9%



 

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

780,050,209

780,050,209



778,822,638


9.99%

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

778,822,638

9.99%



 

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

 

Invesco Advisers Inc. & Invesco Asset Management Ireland - 68,133

Invesco Asset Management GmbH & Invesco GT Management - 6,302,717

Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Asset Management Ireland - 3,488,329

Invesco Asset Management Ltd & Invesco Asset Management Japan - 1,297,546

Invesco Asset Management Japan - 822,352

Invesco Asset Management Dublin - 6,847,800

Invesco Asset Management GmbH - 2,531,507

Invesco Asset Management Limited - 193,468,351

Invesco Asset Management S.A (France) - 37,479

Invesco Australia Limited - 296,220

Invesco Austria & Invesco Asset Management GmbH - 133,248

Invesco GT Management S.A - 52,956

Invesco Hong Kong Limited - 1,648,248

Invesco Kapitalanlagegesellschaft GmbH - 848,630

Invesco Fund Managers Limited - 559,994,903

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ireland - 576,558

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Limited - 261,761

ADR's 10:1 = 145,900


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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