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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS
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Personal equity plans
Halifax Investment Services Limited (HISL) offer both a BT single company and a corporate personal equity plan. HISL is
approved by the Inland Revenue as a plan manager and is regulated by the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation
Limited. HISL is a member of the Halifax Group. For information, please contact Halifax Investment Services Limited, Trinity
Road, Halifax HX1 2RG, or call Freefone 0800 371 769. This information is approved for the purposes of Section 57 of the
Financial Services Act 1986 by Halifax Investment Services Limited.
Results announcements
Expected announcements of results:
1st quarter 31 July 1997
2nd quarter and half year 13 November 1997
3rd quarter and nine months February 1998
4th quarter and full year May 1998
1998 annual report and accounts published June 1998
Dividends
The proposed 1997 final dividend, together with a special dividend of 35 pence per share (net), will be paid on 22 September to
shareholders on the register on 15 August 1997. In the event that the merger with MCI is completed before 15 August 1997,
alternative arrangements for the final and special dividends will be made.
The expected dividend payment dates in 1998 are:
1998 interim dividend payable February 1998
1998 final dividend payable September 1998
Form 20-F
The company will file an annual report on Form 20-F with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the USA,
by 30 September 1997.
Regulatory financial statements
The company will publish historical cost Financial Statements for the Businesses and Activities and Current Cost Financial
Statements for the year ended 31 March 1997, as required by Oftel, by 31 July 1997 and 30 September 1997, respectively.
Copies of the Form 20-F, the Financial Statements for the Business and Activities, the Current Cost Financial Statements and
details of quarterly results announcements, when available, may be obtained on request from the BT Shareholder Helpline
provided by the company’s Registrar, see page 71 for details.