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Additional information
Additional information
Stock exchange listings
The principal listing of BT Group’s ordinary shares is on the London Stock Exchange. Trading on the London Stock Exchange is under the symbol
BT.A’. American Depositary Shares (ADSs), each representing ten ordinary shares, have been issued by JPMorgan Chase & Co, as Depositary for the
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) evidencing the ADSs, and are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange
is under the symbol BT’.
Share and ADS prices
Pence per ordinary share US$ per ADS
High
pence
Low
pence
High
US$
Low
US$
Financial years ended 31 March
2010 149.60 79.70 25.14 11.64
2011 191.10 109.90 31.31 16.19
2012 232.10 161.00 36.89 25.69
2013 281.00 200.70 42.76 31.02
2014 418.10 265.70 69.75 40.70
Financial year ended 31 March 2013
1 April – 30 June 2012 228.60 200.70 36.86 31.02
1 July – 30 September 2012 236.80 210.20 38.44 32.67
1 October – 31 December 2012 242.40 212.50 39.41 34.38
1 January – 31 March 2013 281.00 237.20 42.76 38.37
Financial year ended 31 March 2014
1 April – 30 June 2013 322.30 265.70 49.86 40.70
1 July – 30 September 2013 348.90 316.20 55.86 47.40
1 October – 31 December 2013 382.00 340.60 63.13 54.49
1 January – 31 March 2014 418.10 369.90 69.75 60.99
Months
November 2013 382.00 371.10 61.53 59.32
December 2013 380.60 364.60 63.13 59.53
January 2014 386.00 369.90 63.78 60.99
February 2014 418.10 384.50 69.75 62.16
March 2014 406.40 374.10 67.94 62.36
April 2014 383.30 361.90 64.21 60.79
1 May – 2 May 2014 377.50 377.10 63.92 63.80
The prices are the highest and lowest closing middle market prices for BT ordinary shares, as derived from the Daily Ocial List of the London Stock
Exchange and the highest and lowest closing sales prices of ADSs, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
Fluctuations in the exchange rate between Sterling and the US Dollar aect the US Dollar equivalent of the Sterling price of the company’s ordinary
shares on the London Stock Exchange and, as a result, are likely to aect the market price of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange.
Background
BT Group plc is a public limited company registered in England and Wales and listed on the London and New York Stock Exchanges. It was
incorporated in England and Wales on 30 March 2001 as Newgate Telecommunications Limited with the registered number 4190816. Its registered
oce address is 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ. The company changed its name to BT Group plc on 11 September 2001. Following the
demerger of mmO2 from BT in November 2001, the continuing activities of BT were transferred to BT Group plc.
British Telecommunications plc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all the businesses and assets of the BT group.
The successor to the statutory corporation British Telecommunications, it was incorporated in England and Wales as a public limited company, wholly
owned by the Government, as a result of the Telecommunications Act 1984. Between November 1984 and July 1993, the Government sold all of its
shareholding in British Telecommunications plc in three public oerings.