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BT Group plc Annual Report & Form 20-F 157
Dividend investment plan
Under the Dividend investment plan, cash from participants’ dividends is used to buy further BT shares in the market.
Shareholders could elect to receive additional shares in lieu of a cash dividend for the following dividends:
Date paid Price per share pence
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2004 interim 9 February 2004 175.98
2004 final 6 September 2004 183.69
2005 interim 7 February 2005 209.95
2005 final 5 September 2005 220.25
2006 interim 13 February 2006 214.50
2006 final 11 September 2006 250.98
2007 interim 12 February 2007 320.54
2007 final 17 September 2007 316.21
2008 interim 11 February 2008 232.08
Global Invest Direct
Details of the direct purchase plan run by the ADR Depositary, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Global Invest Direct, including reinvestment of
dividends, are available from JPMorgan Chase Bank on +1 800 634 8366 (toll free within the USA) or +1 201 680 6630 (from
outside the USA), or on written request to the ADR Depositary.
Total shareholder return
Total shareholder return (TSR) is the measure of the returns that a company has provided for its shareholders, reflecting share price
movements and assuming reinvestment of dividends. Over the last five years (as shown in the first TSR chart below), BT’s TSR is
positive 75.7% compared with the FTSE 100 TSR of positive 87.4%. In the second half of 2008, BT shares gave up much of the
strong performance from the previous year, having fallen from a five-year high of 336.75p in July 2007. This has fed through to
BT’s TSR, which for the 2008 financial year was negative 24.8%, compared with the FTSE 100 TSR which was negative 6.3% and
the FTSEurofirst 300 Telco Index TSR which was negative 5.6%. In the period between the demerger on 19 November 2001 and
31 March 2008, BT’s TSR was positive 1.7%, compared with negative 7.0% for the FTSEurofirst 300 Telco Index. The FTSE 100 TSR
over the same period was positive 33.8%.
BT’s total shareholder return (TSR) performance vs the FTSE 100
over the five financial years to 31 March 2008
1 April 2003 = 100
Source: Datastream
The graph shows the relative TSR performance of BT and the FTSE 100 over the last five years.
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The graph shows the relative TSR performance of BT and the FTSEurofirst 300 Telco Index
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Results announcements
Expected announcements of results:
Results Datea
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1st quarter 31 July 2008
2nd quarter and half year 13 November 2008
3rd quarter and nine months February 2009
4th quarter and full year May 2009
2009 Annual Report and accounts published May 2009
aDate may be subject to change.
Additional information