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130 BT Group plc Annual Report and Form 20-F 2005 Additional information for shareholders
Analysis of shareholdings Ordinary shares
of 5p each
Range
Number of
holdings
Percentage
of total
Number of shares
held
(millions)
Percentage
of total
1–399 603,955 40.1 129 1.5
400 – 799 441,583 29.4 245 2.8
800 – 1,599 275,372 18.3 307 3.5
1,600 – 9,999 175,825 11.7 506 5.9
10,000 – 99,999 5,539 0.4 108 1.3
100,000 – 999,999 940 0.1 346 4.0
1,000,000 – 4,999,999 428 0.0 961 11.1
5,000,000 and above
a,b,c,d
213 0.0 6,032 69.9
Total 1,503,855 100.0 8,634 100.0
a
28 million shares were held in trust by Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited for allocation to employees under the employee share plans.
b
Under the BT Group Employee Share Investment Plan, 52 million shares were held in trust on behalf of 84,803 participants who were beneficially entitled
to the shares. 136 million shares were held in the corporate nominee BT Group EasyShare on behalf of 127,161 beneficial owners.
c
250 million shares were represented by ADSs. Analysis by size of holding is not available for this holding.
d
134 million shares were held as treasury shares.
e
13.7% of the shares were in 1,474,873 individual holdings, of which 124,457 were joint holdings, and 86.3% of the shares were in 28,982
institutional holdings.
So 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 13 May 2005, there were 8,634,629,038 ordinary shares outstanding including 134,277,107 shares held as
treasury shares. At the same date, approximately 25 million ADSs (equivalent to 250 million ordinary shares, or
approximately 2.9% of the total number of ordinary shares outstanding on that date) were outstanding and were held
by 2,579 record holders of ADRs. At 31 March 2005, there were 3,593 shareholders with a US address on the register
of shareholders.
Dividends
Since shortly after its incorporation in 1984, British Telecommunications plc paid interim dividends annually in February
and final dividends in September. However, as part of BT’s debt reduction and restructuring plans, neither a final
dividend for the year ended 31 March 2001 nor an interim dividend for the year ended 31 March 2002 was paid to
shareholders.
A final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2004, was paid on 6 September 2004 to shareholders on the
register on 6 August 2004, and an interim dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2005 was paid on 7 February
2005 to shareholders on the register on 31 December 2004.
The dividends paid or payable on BT shares and ADSs for the last five 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 below. 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
Years ended 31 March
Interim
pence
Final
pence
Total
pence
Interim
£
Final
£
Total
£
Interim
US$
Final
US$
Total
US$
2001 8.70 – 8.70 0.870 – 0.870 1.397 – 1.397
2002 – 2.00 2.00 – 0.200 0.200 – 0.311 0.311
2003 2.25 4.25 6.50 0.225 0.425 0.650 0.366 0.673 1.039
2004 3.20 5.30 8.50 0.320 0.530 0.850 0.590 0.938 1.528
2005 3.90 6.50 10.40 0.390 0.650 1.040 0.724 –
a
–
a
a
Qualifying holders of ADSs on record as of 5 August 2005 are entitled to receive the final dividend which will be paid on 12 September 2005, subject
to approval at the annual general meeting. The US dollar amount of the final dividend of 65 pence per ADS to be paid to holders of ADSs will be based
on the exchange rate in effect on 5 September 2005, 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 139). Dividends paid in this way will be paid through the Bankers Automated
Clearing System (BACS). Alternatively, a form may be downloaded from the internet at
www.bt.com/sharesandperformance