5th Jul 2006 09:52
BT Group PLC05 July 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 number of shares Bank of Ireland 969,405Bank of New York 587,446BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 101,135,479Barclays Trust Co & others 36,981Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 78,000Barclays Global Investors Canada 587,292BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 623Barclays Trust Co DMC69 83,788Barclays Trust Co E99 4,150Barclays Trust Co R69 178,452BNP PARIBAS 552,556Chase Nominees - 16376 4,057,629Chase Nominees - 20947 61,350,867Chase Nominees - 21359 3,206,919Chase Nominess - 28270 3,692,181CIBC Mellon Global Securities 428,330Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00324190 1,725Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00520518 845Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594414 28,085Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594775 730Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00227401 1,252Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00597278 15,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 340,945Greig Middleton Nominees 4,890,233 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 117,792,076 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16331 2,045,812JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16338 504,571JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341 4,535,244JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341 2,392,877JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16342 1,070,744JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16344 789,498JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16345 1,314,574JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16400 69,148,317JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 17011 142,657JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 18409 6,405,021 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 21,699,832 Master Trust Bank 261,173Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 333,475Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 958,697MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 568,670Mitsubishi Trust International 175,285Mitsui Asset 135,120NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 1,458,529NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 1,211,496NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 308,583R C Greig Nominees 13,764,174R C Greig Nominees AK1 4,365,976R C Greig Nominees BL1 1,197,321R C Greig Nominees CM1 414,834R C Greig Nominees GP1 2,052,198R C Greig Nominees SA1 777,040Reflex Nominees Limited 2,625Reflex Nominees Limited 10,893State Street 1,085,057State Street 46,800STATE STREET BOSTON 4,298,818STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA 975,674 The Northern Trust Company 695,462Trust and Custody Services Bank 81,061Trust and Custody Services Bank 4,975 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 686,341 TOTAL HOLDING 455,940,341 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Total holding of 455,940,341 shares 6) Percentage of issued class 5.36% 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 4 July 2006 12) Total holding following this notification Total holding of 455,940,341 shares 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.36% 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 to455,940,341 shares. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Graeme Wheatley, 020 7356 6372 16) Name of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification Graeme Wheatley, 020 7356 6372 Date of notification 5 July 2006 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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