Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5502N

BT Group PLC

01 February 2016

 

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		Orange S.A. and Orange Telecommunications Group Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Registered holder: Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		Friday 29 January 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		Friday 29 January 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4% (increased from 0% to 4%)

 

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 shares of £0.05 each (ISIN Code: GB0030913577) indirectly held by Orange S.A.		-		-			-	-		398,725,107	-			4
Ordinary shares of £0.05 each (ISIN Code: GB0030913577) directly held by Orange Telecommunications Group Limited		-		-			398,725,107	398,725,107		-	4			-
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
398,725,107								4

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Orange S.A. owns the entire issued share capital of Orange Telecommunications Group Limited. Orange Telecommunications Group Limited has acquired the shares.  Note: The shares are registered in the name of Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited as nominee of Orange Telecommunications Group Limited.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Anna Watch
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7356 5158

 

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