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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS
157BT GROUP PLC ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 20-F
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS REVIEW OF THE YEAR OVERVIEW
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 Bank, as
Depositary for the American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) evidencing the ADSs, and are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. ADSs also
trade, but are not listed, on the London Stock Exchange. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange is under the symbol ‘BT’.
Share and ADS prices
Pence per US$ per
ordinary share ADS
High Low High Low
pence pence US$ US$
Financial years ended 31 March
2006 235.00 196.50 41.71 35.34
2007 321.75 209.25 62.96 37.08
2008 336.75 205.50 68.55 40.86
2009 235.50 71.40 46.20 9.80
2010 149.60 79.70 25.14 11.64
Financial year ended 31 March 2009
1 April – 30 June 2008 235.50 198.40 46.20 39.47
1 July – 30 September 2008 217.50 158.90 42.60 27.67
1 October – 31 December 2008 167.60 110.00 29.11 16.98
1 January – 31 March 2009 143.30 71.40 21.31 9.80
Financial year ended 31 March 2010
1 April – 30 June 2009 105.60 79.70 17.27 11.64
1 July – 30 September 2009 141.45 100.35 22.95 16.22
1 October – 31 December 2009 149.60 128.50 25.14 20.47
1 January – 31 March 2010 146.90 113.50 24.00 17.00
Months
November 2009 149.60 131.30 25.14 21.35
December 2009 144.60 135.00 23.94 21.74
January 2010 146.90 135.00 24.00 21.74
February 2010 136.50 114.90 21.85 17.53
March 2010 126.40 113.50 19.15 17.00
April 2010 134.20 122.30 20.58 18.65
1 May – 7 May 2010 126.70 109.90 19.29 16.19
The prices are the highest and lowest closing middle market prices for BT ordinary shares, as derived from the Daily Official List of
the London Stock Exchange and the highest and lowest closing sales prices of ADSs, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
composite tape.
Fluctuations in the exchange rate between Sterling and the US Dollar affect 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 affect 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 office 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 O2in 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 UK Government, as a result of the Telecommunications Act 1984. Between November 1984 and
July 1993, the UK Government sold all of its shareholding in British Telecommunications plc in three public offerings.
Capital gains tax
The rights issue in June 2001 and the demerger of O2in November 2001 adjusted the value, for capital gains tax (CGT) purposes, of BT
shares.