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ANALYSIS OF SHAREHOLDINGS AT 31 MARCH 2007 Ordinary shares
of 5p each
Range
Number of
holdings
Percentage
of total
Number of
shares held
(millions)
Percentage
of total
1 – 399 479,019 38.1 102 1.2
400 – 799 365,686 29.0 205 2.4
800 – 1,599 246,786 19.5 275 3.2
1,600 – 9,999 162,845 12.9 472 5.5
10,000 – 99,999 5,103 0.4 98 1.1
100,000 – 999,999 775 0.1 282 3.2
1,000,000 – 4,999,999 358 0.0 812 9.4
5,000,000 and abovea,b,c,d 212 0.0 6,394 74.0
Totale1,260,784 100.0 8,640 100.0
a21 million 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, 70.32 million shares were held in trust on behalf of 82,811 participants who were beneficially entitled to the shares. 149 million shares were
held in the corporate nominee BT Group EasyShare on behalf of 108,758 beneficial owners.
c306 million shares were represented by ADSs. Analysis by size of holding is not available for this holding.
d371 million shares were held as treasury shares.
e12.4% of the shares were in 1,238,337 individual holdings, of which 97,571 were joint holdings, and 87.6% of the shares were in 28,447 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 11 May 2007, there were 8,640,654,852 ordinary shares outstanding including 368,173,044 shares held as treasury shares. At
the same date, approximately 31 million ADSs (equivalent to 310 million ordinary shares, or approximately 3.6% of the total number
of ordinary shares outstanding on that date) were outstanding and were held by 2,482 record holders of ADRs.
At 31 March 2007, there were 3,591 shareholders with a US address on the register of shareholders.
DIVIDENDS
A final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2006 was paid on 11 September 2006 to shareholders on the register on
18 August 2006, and an interim dividend in respect of the year ended 31 March 2007 was paid on 12 February 2007 to
shareholders on the register on 29 December 2006.
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 on page 166. 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$
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 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 –a–a
aQualifying holders of ADSs on record as of 24 August 2007 are entitled to receive the final dividend which will be paid on 24 September 2007, 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 17 September 2007, 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 168) 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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