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A D D I T I O N A L I N F O R M AT I O N F O R S H A R E H O L D E R
Personal equity plans (PEPs)
Details of BT single company PEPs and BT corporate PEPs offered by the Halifax may be obtained from: Halifax Investment
Services Limited, Trinity Road, Halifax HX1 2RG, Tel. Freefone 0800 371 769. Other PEP managers offer similar products.
Results announcements
Expected announcements of results:
1st quarter 29 July 1998
2nd quarter and half year 12 November 1998
3rd quarter and nine months February 1999
4th quarter and full year May 1999
1999 annual report and accounts published June 1999
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Dividends
The proposed 1998 final dividend will be paid on 21 September to shareholders on the register on 7 August 1998.
The expected dividend payment dates in 1999 are:
1999 interim dividend payable February 1999
1999 final dividend payable September 1999
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Dividend mandate
Any shareholder wishing dividends to be paid directly into a bank or building society account should contact the Registrar for
adividend mandate form. Dividends paid in this way will be paid through the Bankers Automated Clearing System (BACS).
Scrip dividends
In the year ended 31 March 1998, the group introduced the BT share dividend plan to allow shareholders to elect to receive
additional shares in lieu of a cash dividend. The price per share of the scrip dividend paid on 16 February 1998 was 480.35p.
This election for scrip dividends will also be available to ordinary shareholders in respect of the 1998 final dividend to be paid
on21 September 1998. The last date for lodging mandates for the BT share dividend plan in respect of the final dividend is
7 August 1998.
ADR Shareholder Services Programme
Details of the Morgan Guaranty Trust shareholder services programme, including reinvestment of dividends, are available from
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York on 1 800 749 1687 (toll free in the USA) or +1 781 575 4328 (from outside USA), or on
written request to the ADR Depositary.
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Form 20-F
The company will file its annual report on Form 20-F with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the USA by
30 September 1998.
Regulatory financial statements
The company will publish historical cost Financial Statements for the Businesses and Activities for the year ended 31 March 1998,
as required by Oftel, by 31 July 1998. BT will also publish current cost Financial Statements for the Businesses and Activities for
the year including long-run incremental cost information for the Network Business by 30 November 1998.
Copies of the Form 20-F, the Financial Statements for the Businesses 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 86 for details.