BT Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Feb 1, 2016

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RNS Number : 5503N

BT Group PLC

01 February 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				BT Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					-
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached					-
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments					-
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					-
Other (please specify):	Intra-group transfer				X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Orange S.A., Orange Telecommunications Group Limited and Atlas Services Belgium SA
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Registered holder: Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		Friday 29 January 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		Friday 29 January 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Orange Telecommunications Group Limited: below 3% (reduced from 4% to 0%). Atlas Services Belgium S.A.: 4% (increased from 0% to 4%) Orange S.A.: Indirect holding unchanged

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE		Situation previous to the triggering transaction					Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares		Number of Voting Rights			Number of shares		Number of voting rights				% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii		Direct			Indirect
Ordinary shares of £0.05 each (ISIN Code: GB0030913577) indirectly held by Orange S.A.)		-		398,725,107			-		-		398,725,107		-			4
Ordinary shares of £0.05 each (ISIN Code: GB0030913577) directly held by Orange Telecommunications Group Limited		398,725,107		398,725,107			-		-		-		-			-
Ordinary shares of £0.05 each (ISIN Code: GB0030913577) directly held by Atlas Services Belgium S.A.		-		-			398,725,107		398,725,107		-		4			-
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii			Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv						Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.			% of voting rights
-			-			-						-			-
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price				Expiration date xvii			Exercise/ Conversion period xviii		Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights xix, xx
-	-				-			-		-				Nominal			Delta
-			-
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights										Percentage of voting rights
398,725,107										4

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Orange S.A. owns the entire issued share capital of Orange Telecommunications Group Limited and Atlas Services Belgium SA. On 29 January 2016, Orange Telecommunications Group Limited transferred intra-group a 4% holding in BT Group plc to Atlas Services Belgium SA. Note: The shares are registered in the name of Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited as nominee of Orange Telecommunications Group Limited and Atlas Services Belgium S.A. as the case may be.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Anna Watch
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7356 5158

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