8th Sep 2005 12:06
BT Group PLC08 September 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company BT Group plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays PLC 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Total holding of the above shareholder 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered holder number of shares BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 4,055,144Barclays Capital Securities Limited 9Barclays Capital Securities Limited 1,628Barclays Global Investors Canada 257,464Barclays Trust Co & others 40,907BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 10,183Barclays Trust Co DMC69 83,788Barclays Trust Co E99 9,444Barclays Trust Co R69 168,353BNP PARIBAS 377,354Chase Nominees - 16376 4,625,714Chase Nominees - 20947 64,990,465Chase Nominees - 21359 2,966,931Chase Nominees - 28270 1,321,607Chase Nominees - 28270 3,222,502CIBC Mellon Global Securities 212,751Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00324190 1,725Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00496994 15,300Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00520518 845Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594414 14,000Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594775 730Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00693013 2,300Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00694478 27,820Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00697763 8,820Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00703310 2,750Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 01001464 1,300Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 03102406 1,245Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 03105944 1,385Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 - 00597278 15,000Cydesdale Nominees HGB0225 - 00639213 5,200Gerrard Nominees Limited - ER1 443,947Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd - GM1 3,010,380Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd - GM3 1,673,300INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 337,690INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,498,227INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,780,037INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 76,176INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 43,265,157INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 90,594INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 426,090INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,322,306INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 625,147INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,524,904INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,037,074INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 72,092INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 10,441,054INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 88,608INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 126,722INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 241,773INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,606,740INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,607,536INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 17,003,772 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16331 2,514,313JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16338 507,646JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341 2,269,407JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341 4,533,733JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16342 1,047,013JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16344 828,738JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16345 1,393,084JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16400 85,216,680JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 17011 143,285JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 18409 6,091,523 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 1,198,288JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 240,886JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 1,132,752JPMorgan Chase Bank 904,469JPMorgan Chase Bank 32,287JPMorgan Chase Bank 246,389JPMorgan Chase Bank 82,582JPMorgan Chase Bank 68,046JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,491,945JPMorgan Chase Bank 154,952JPMorgan Chase Bank 352,807JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,465,866JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,479,392JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,732,069JPMorgan Chase Bank 756,527JPMorgan Chase Bank 85,437JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,016,158JPMorgan Chase Bank 555,995JPMorgan Chase Bank 25,428JPMorgan Chase Bank 127,760JPMorgan Chase Bank 237,217JPMorgan Chase Bank 178,552JPMorgan Chase Bank 170,218JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,247,827JPMorgan Chase Bank 261,726Master Trust Bank 243,953Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN 522,231Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN 1,163,000MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 618,394Mitsubishi Trust International 159,359Mitsubishi Trust International 57,351NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 794,180NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 181,273NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 688,224R C Greig Nominees RC1 14,565,979R C Greig Nominees AK1 5,039,523R C Greig Nominees BL1 1,287,313R C Greig Nominees CM1 451,941R C Greig Nominees GP1 2,091,997R C Greig Nominees SA1 703,655Reflex Nominees Limited 14,542Reflex Nominees Limited 2,296Royal Trust - Toronto 127,900State Street 139,851STATE STREET BOSTON 658,457STATE STREET BOSTON 5,164,220STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA 243,244Sumitomo TB 77,686ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 152,698 TOTAL HOLDING 341,682,254 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Total holding of 341,682,254 shares 6) Percentage of issued class 4.03% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class- N/A 9) Class of security Ordinary shares of 5p in BT Group plc 10) Date of transaction n/a 11) Date company informed 7 September 2005 12) Total holding following this notification Total holding of 341,682,254 shares 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.03% 14) Any additional information This notification updates the previous notification dated 20 June 2005 and is aresult of the increase in the total holding of Barclays plc from 255,878,847 to341,682,254 shares. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries John Challis, 020 7356 4086 16) Name of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification John Challis, 020 7356 4086 Date of notification 8 September 2005 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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