5th Sep 2006 14:14
BT Group PLC05 September 2006 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 Account Holding Designation BANK OF IRELAND 426353 1,111,189BANK OF IRELAND 426360 95,432BANK OF NEW YORK 594,199Barclays Bank PLC (Singapore) 3,700BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 146,000BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 189,194,800BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 6,071,674BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 4,175,000Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 1,150Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. 1,150Barclays Global Investors Canada 596,194Barclays Trust Co & Others 37,522BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM C 000000000000000000 1,145Barclays Trust Co DMC69 C 000000000000000000 83,788Barclays Trust Co E99 C 000000000000000000 2,607Barclays Trust Co R69 C 000000000000000000 181,052BNP PARIBAS 601,646CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 4,057,629CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 61,751,286CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 3,206,919CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 2,735,867CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 1,031,669CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 460,459Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 32419001 1,725Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59441401 28,085Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 59477501 730Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 100227401 1,252Gerrard Nominees Limited 605704 1,600Gerrard Nominees Limited 607486 1,040Gerrard Nominees Limited 608459 650Gerrard Nominees Limited 611717 7,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 617906 4,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 620404 1,010Gerrard Nominees Limited 631118 24,600Gerrard Nominees Limited 633484 1,040Gerrard Nominees Limited 635860 3,200Gerrard Nominees Limited 637739 1,350Gerrard Nominees Limited 642686 1,530Gerrard Nominees Limited 643975 13,200Gerrard Nominees Limited 647291 2,700Gerrard Nominees Limited 650668 5,200Gerrard Nominees Limited 652198 14,500Gerrard Nominees Limited 654151 3,500Gerrard Nominees Limited 658574 3,150Gerrard Nominees Limited 658729 1,950Gerrard Nominees Limited 659442 2,750Gerrard Nominees Limited 659645 2,600Gerrard Nominees Limited 660302 6,500Gerrard Nominees Limited 660318 88,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 660632 2,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 660758 33,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 660851 26,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 768557 24,350Gerrard Nominees Limited 770101 26,500Gerrard Nominees Limited 774125 750Gerrard Nominees Limited 774160 3,600Gerrard Nominees Limited 777488 1,550Gerrard Nominees Limited 777546 650Gerrard Nominees Limited 781271 17,500Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 3,264,833Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 126066DA 3,400Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 220805DN 542,500Greig Middleton Nominees Ltd (GM3) 523475DN 1,000,000INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,339,328INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 949,820INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 72,630INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,834,879INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,656,179INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 22,953,923INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 800,354INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 120,375INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 158,040INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 131,957INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 772,319INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 504,301INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 39,966,787INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 65,963INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 8,553,181INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,425,520INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 21,863,241INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 580,944INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 238,500INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,558,665INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,187,990INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 672,804JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 2,067,206JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 504,571JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 2,408,169JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 4,549,056JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 1,070,744JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 797,532JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 1,338,176JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 63,646,336JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 17011 142,657JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 6,405,021JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 273,739JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 3,821,463JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 741,592JPMorgan Chase Bank 338,039JPMorgan Chase Bank 511,563JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,189,437JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,716,589JPMorgan Chase Bank 47,007JPMorgan Chase Bank 82,684JPMorgan Chase Bank 332,469JPMorgan Chase Bank 2,766,699JPMorgan Chase Bank 367,571JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,213,479JPMorgan Chase Bank 285,269JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,131,518JPMorgan Chase Bank 899,245JPMorgan Chase Bank 285,731JPMorgan Chase Bank 67,783JPMorgan Chase Bank 230,826JPMorgan Chase Bank 431,755JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,568,874JPMorgan Chase Bank 70,134JPMorgan Chase Bank 824,755JPMorgan Chase Bank 78,398Master Trust Bank 399,929Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 1,048,441Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 336,763MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 634,175Mitsubishi Trust International 261,380Mitsui Asset 139,141NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 1,573,452NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 342,453NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 1,308,357R C Greig Nominees Limited 13,661,298R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 4,206,485R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 1,158,994R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 402,849R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 2,056,335R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 788,650Reflex Nominees Limited 10,893Reflex Nominees Limited 2,625STATE STREET BANK & TRUST - WI 1,194,458STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST CO 46,800STATE STREET BOSTON 1,120,955STATE STREET BOSTON 4,325,300STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 1,065,759The Northern Trust Company - U 754,001Trust & Custody Services Bank 4,975Trust & Custody Services Bank 84,144ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 708,248 Total 545,562,219 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Total holding of 545,562,219 shares 6) Percentage of issued class 6.56% 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 04 September 2006 12) Total holding following this notification Total holding of 545,562,219 shares 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 6.56% 14) Any additional information This notification updates the previous notification dated 29 August 2006 and isa result of the reduction in the total holding of Barclays plc from 670,204,939to 545,562,219 shares. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Graeme Wheatley, 020 7356 6372 16) Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Graeme Wheatley, 020 7356 6372 Date of notification 05 September 2006 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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