BT Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Feb 3, 2016

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RNS Number : 9401N

BT Group PLC

03 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				ü
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):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		T-Mobile Holdings Limited (an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG)
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Deutsche Bank AG (as nominee for T-Mobile Holdings Limited)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		29 January 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		2 February 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, 10%, 11%, 12%

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 5 pence each	NIL			NIL			1,196,175,322		1,196,175,322			12%
ISIN: GB0030913577
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
1,196,175,322								12%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The shares to which this form relates are registered in the name of Deutsche Bank AG, as nominee for T-Mobile Holdings Limited.  T-Mobile Holdings Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of T-Mobile Global Holding GmbH, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of T-Mobile Global Zwischenholding GmbH, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG.
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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