BT Group PLC Holding(s) in Company (5503N)

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RNS Number : 5503N

BT Group PLC

01 February 2016

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                             BT Group plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                                        - 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments                                                     - 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic                                                    - 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                                                   - 
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 Other (please                                                     Intra-group transfer                             X 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                   Orange S.A., Orange Telecommunications 
  to the                                                              Group Limited and Atlas Services Belgium 
  notification obligation: (iii)                                      SA 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                      Registered holder: 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
                                                                      Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                 Friday 29 January 2016 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                   Friday 29 January 2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                 Orange Telecommunications Group Limited: 
  or                                                                  below 3% (reduced from 4% to 0%). 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
                                                                      Atlas Services Belgium S.A.: 4% (increased 
                                                                      from 0% to 4%) 
 
                                                                      Orange S.A.: Indirect holding unchanged 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type of          Situation previous                Resulting situation after the triggering 
  shares                 to the triggering                 transaction 
                         transaction 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN CODE 
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                        Number          Number            Number          Number of voting                % of voting rights (x) 
                         of              of                of shares       rights 
                         Shares          Voting 
                                         Rights 
-------------------    --------------  ----------------  --------------  ------------------------------  ------------------------------------ 
                                                          Direct          Direct          Indirect        Direct           Indirect 
                                                                           (xi)            (xii) 
-------------------      ------------  ------------      --------------  --------------  --------------  ---------------  ------------------- 
 Ordinary shares 
  of GBP0.05 each 
  (ISIN Code: 
  GB0030913577) 
  indirectly held 
  by Orange S.A.)             -           398,725,107           -               -          398,725,107          -                  4 
---------------------  --------------  ----------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  ---------------  ------------------- 
 Ordinary shares 
 of GBP0.05 each 
 (ISIN Code: 
 GB0030913577) 
 directly held 
 by Orange 
 Telecommunications 
 Group Limited           398,725,107      398,725,107           -               -               -               -                  - 
---------------------  --------------  ----------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  ---------------  ------------------- 
 Ordinary shares 
  of GBP0.05 each 
  (ISIN Code: 
  GB0030913577) 
  directly held 
  by Atlas Services 
  Belgium S.A.                -                -           398,725,107     398,725,107          -               4                  - 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial        Expiration                    Exercise/                           Number of voting             % of voting 
  instrument               date (xiii)                   Conversion Period                   rights that may              rights 
                                                         (xiv)                               be 
                                                                                             acquired if the 
                                                                                             instrument is 
                                                                                             exercised/ converted. 
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           -                           -                                -                               -                         - 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 
  Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial    Exercise                        Expiration        Exercise/       Number of voting               % of voting 
  instrument          price                           date (xvii)       Conversion      rights instrument               rights (xix, 
                                                                        period          refers to                       xx) 
                                                                        (xviii) 
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         -                          -                        -                -                      -                   Nominal      Delta 
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                                                                                                                            -           - 
-------------------      ------------  ------------      ------------    ------------      ------------  -----------  ------------  --------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                                                Percentage of voting rights 

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