25th May 2005 16:42
BT Group PLC25 May 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 Bank of Ireland 1,211,459BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 2,753,069Barclays Trust Co & others 29,529BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 9,936Barclays Trust Co DMC69 76,913Barclays Trust Co E99 1,545Barclays Trust Co R69 174,931BNP PARIBAS 160,393Chase Nominees - 16376 4,874,685Chase Nominees - 20947 8,346,870Chase Nominees - 21359 2,199,117CIBC Mellon Global Securities 94,168Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00324190 1,725Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00496994 15,300Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594414 14,000Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594775 730Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00693013 2,300Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00693196 5,320Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00694487 22,500Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00703310 2,750Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 01001464 1,300Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 03101361 1,385Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 03102406 1,245Cydesdale Nominees HGB0225 - 00639213 5,200INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,366,948INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 96,927INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 635,239INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 11,008,468INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 43,292INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 88,985INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 62,856INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,998,552INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 66,730INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,586,493INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 121,706INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 343,077INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,886,318INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 4,648,909INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 43,262,350INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 248,110INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,633,080INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 121,941INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,855,440INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 15,829,500 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16331 2,771,401JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16338 506,697JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341 5,022,376JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341 2,240,617JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16342 1,056,845JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16344 800,687JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16345 1,355,444JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16400 91,291,703JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 17011 140,542JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 18409 6,432,146 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 1,158,833JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 1,833,745JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 135,007JPMorgan Chase Bank 926,824JPMorgan Chase Bank 85,082JPMorgan Chase Bank 72,016JPMorgan Chase Bank 362,788JPMorgan Chase Bank 290,694JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,196,912JPMorgan Chase Bank 4,608,626JPMorgan Chase Bank 459,750JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,472,423JPMorgan Chase Bank 89,386JPMorgan Chase Bank 915,474JPMorgan Chase Bank 1,092,804JPMorgan Chase Bank 127,760JPMorgan Chase Bank 203,460JPMorgan Chase Bank 163,422JPMorgan Chase Bank 814,338JPMorgan Chase Bank 572,757JPMorgan Chase Bank 263,426Master Trust Bank 219,920Mellon Trust - Boston 241,921Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 1,180,831MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 301,630Mitsubishi Trust International 57,199Mitsubishi Trust International 166,347NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 79,262NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 324,300NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 383,233R C Greig Nominees BL1 1,318,588R C Greig Nominees CM1 435,853R C Greig Nominees GP1 2,186,473R C Greig Nominees SA1 648,315Reflex Nominees Limited 14,542Reflex Nominees Limited 2,296State Street 45,374State Street 147,534STATE STREET BOSTON 5,996,296STATE STREET BOSTON 740,315Sumitomo TB 77,686Wells Fargo Seattle - Wire Ban 145, 806ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 358,078 TOTAL HOLDING 251,677,953 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Total holding of 251,677,953 shares 6) Percentage of issued class 2.96% 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 25 May 2005 12) Total holding following this notification Total holding of 251,677,953 shares 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 2.96% 14) Any additional information This notification updates the previous notification dated 7 May 2004 and is aresult of the reduction in the total holding of Barclays plc from 352,615,609 to251,677,953 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 25 May 2005 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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