BT Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jul 27, 2021

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RNS Number : 6442G

BT Group PLC

27 July 2021

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB0030913577

Issuer Name

BT GROUP PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Morgan Stanley

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
Morgan Stanley	Wilmington, Delaware	USA

4. Details of the shareholder

Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the notification obligation, above

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

22-Jul-2021

6. Date on which Issuer notified

26-Jul-2021

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	0.262091	4.759963	5.022054	498103751
Position of previous notification (if applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB0030913577		25995041		0.262091
Sub Total 8.A	25995041		0.262091%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Right of recall over securities lending agreements	at any time	at any time	458742	0.004625
Call Option (Physically Settled)	17/09/2021	at any time	212000	0.002137
Sub Total 8.B1			670742	0.006762%

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Call Option (Cash Settled)	27/07/2021	at any time	Cash	585	0.000006
Call Option (Cash Settled)	19/08/2021	at any time	Cash	34750	0.000350
Call Option (Cash Settled)	27/08/2021	at any time	Cash	2848	0.000029
Call Option (Cash Settled)	09/09/2021	at any time	Cash	16349	0.000165
Equity Swap	22/11/2021	at any time	Cash	295063	0.002975
Equity Swap	31/05/2023	at any time	Cash	441352	0.004450
Equity Swap	03/07/2023	at any time	Cash	250000	0.002521
Put Option (Physically Settled)	17/12/2021	at any time	Physical	1000000	0.010082
Call Option (Cash Settled)	05/10/2021	at any time	Cash	186110	0.001876
Equity Swap	20/01/2022	at any time	Cash	12857964	0.129638
Call Option (Cash Settled)	17/12/2021	at any time	Cash	456352947	4.601109
Sub Total 8.B2				471437968	4.753201%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Morgan Stanley (chain 1)				0.000000
	Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC			0.000000
	Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc.			0.000000
	Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC			0.000000
Morgan Stanley (chain 2)				0.000000
	Morgan Stanley Capital Management, LLC			0.000000
	Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc.			0.000000
	Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC			0.000000
Morgan Stanley (chain 3)				0.000000
	Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc.			0.000000
	Morgan Stanley International Limited			0.000000
	Morgan Stanley Investments (UK)			0.000000
	Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc	0.262091	4.620205	4.882296

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

Of the total voting rights attached to shares in Section 8A, 25,995,041 (0.262091%) of these are the result of stock borrowing agreements.

12. Date of Completion

26-Jul-2021

13. Place Of Completion

Glasgow

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