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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL REVIEWS OVERVIEW
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS
150 BT GROUP PLC ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 20-F
Analysis of shareholdings at 31 March 2009
Ordinary shares
of 5p each
No. of
Number of Percentage shares held Percentage
Range holdings of total millions of total
1 – 399 443,717 37.98 93 1.14
400 – 799 321,773 27.54 180 2.21
800 – 1,599 231,899 19.85 259 3.18
1,600 – 9,999 163,860 14.03 488 5.99
10,000 – 99,999 5,879 0.50 106 1.30
100,000 – 999,999 642 0.05 232 2.85
1,000,000 – 4,999,999 316 0.03 740 9.08
5,000,000 and abovea,b,c,d 182 0.02 6,052 74.25
Totale1,168,268 100.00 8,151 100.00
a9.3m shares were held in trust by Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited for allocation to employees under the employee share plans.
bUnder the BT Group Employee Share Investment Plan, 75.9m shares were held in trust on behalf of 76,678 participants who were beneficially entitled to the shares. 234m shares were held in the corporate
nominee BT Group EasyShare on behalf of 106,296 beneficial owners.
c198m shares were represented by ADSs. Analysis by size of holding is not available for this holding.
d406m shares were held as treasury shares.
e12.8% of the shares were in 1,145,398 individual holdings, of which 86,257 were joint holdings, and 87.2% of the shares were in 22,870 institutional holdings.
As far as the company is aware, the company is not directly or indirectly owned or controlled by another corporation or by the UK
Government or any other foreign government or by any other natural or legal person severally or jointly. There are no arrangements known
to the company the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change in control of the company.
At 8 May 2009, there were 8,151,227,027 ordinary shares outstanding including 406,435,127 shares held as treasury shares. At the
same date, approximately 20m ADSs (equivalent to 200m ordinary shares, or approximately 2.5% of the total number of ordinary shares
outstanding on that date) were outstanding and were held by 2,426 record holders of ADRs.
At 31 March 2009, there were 3,676 shareholders with a US address on the register of shareholders.
Dividends
A final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2008 was paid on 15 September 2008 to shareholders on the register on 22 August
2008, and an interim dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2009 was paid on 9 February 2009 to shareholders on the register
on 30 December 2008. The final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2009, if approved by shareholders, will be paid on
7 September 2009 to shareholders on the register on 14 August 2009.
The dividends paid or payable on BT shares and ADSs for the last five financial years are shown in the following table. The dividends on
the ordinary shares exclude the associated tax credit. The amounts shown are not those that were actually paid to holders of ADSs. For the
tax treatment of dividends paid see Taxation of dividends on page 156. Dividends have been translated from pounds Sterling into US
dollars using exchange rates prevailing on the date the ordinary dividends were paid.
per ordinary share per ADS per ADS
Interim Final Total Interim Final Total Interim Final Total
Financial years ended 31 March pence pence pence£££US$US$US$
2005 3.90 6.50 10.40 0.390 0.650 1.040 0.724 1.195 1.919
2006 4.30 7.60 11.90 0.430 0.760 1.190 0.747 1.415 2.162
2007 5.10 10.00 15.10 0.510 1.000 1.510 0.991 1.972 2.963
2008 5.40 10.40 15.80 0.540 1.040 1.580 1.030 1.833 2.863
2009 5.40 1.10 6.50 0.540 0.110 0.650 0.765 –a–a
aQualifying holders of ADSs on record as of 14 August 2009 are entitled to receive the final dividend which will be paid to ADS holders on 15 September 2009, subject to approval at the AGM. The US dollar
amount of the final dividend of 100 pence per ADS to be paid to holders of ADSs will be based on the exchange rate in effect on 8 September 2009, the date of payment to holders of ordinary shares.
As dividends paid by the company are in pounds Sterling, exchange rate fluctuations will affect the US dollar amounts received by holders
of ADSs on conversion by the Depositary of such cash dividends.
Dividend mandate
Any shareholder wishing dividends to be paid directly into a bank or building society account should contact the Shareholder Helpline
(see page 159). Dividends paid in this way will be paid through the Bankers Automated Clearing System (BACS). Alternatively, a form may
be downloaded from the Dividends page of our website at www.bt.com/investorcentre
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