|
|
|
|
|
|
Ordinary shares
|
|
| |
|
|
of 5p each
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Number |
|
|
| |
Number of |
Percentage |
of shares held |
|
Percentage |
|
Range
|
holdings |
of total |
(millions) |
|
of total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 – 399 |
659,504 |
|
41.1 |
|
139 |
|
1.6 |
|
| 400 – 799 |
466,739 |
|
29.1 |
|
259 |
|
3.0 |
|
| 800 – 1,599 |
290,728 |
|
18.1 |
|
323 |
|
3.7 |
|
| 1,600 – 9,999 |
180,231 |
|
11.3 |
|
513 |
|
5.9 |
|
| 10,000 – 99,999 |
5,468 |
|
0.3 |
|
111 |
|
1.3 |
|
| 100,000 – 999,999 |
968 |
|
0.1 |
|
359 |
|
4.2 |
|
| 1,000,000 – 4,999,999 |
398 |
|
0.0 |
|
888 |
|
10.3 |
|
| 5,000,000 and abovea,b,c,d |
229 |
|
0.0 |
|
6,042 |
|
70.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
1,604,265 |
|
100.0 |
|
8,634 |
|
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| a |
31 million shares were held in trust by
Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited for allocation to employees under the employee
share plans. |
| b |
Under the BT Employee Share Ownership
Scheme and the BT Group Employee Share Investment Plan, 7 million and 39
million shares respectively were held in trust on behalf of 105,657 and 89,129
participants respectively who were beneficially entitled to the shares. 137
million shares were held in the corporate nominee BT Group EasyShare on behalf
of 124,279 beneficial owners. |
| c |
208 million shares were represented by
ADSs. Analysis by size of holding is not available for this holding. |
| d |
14.3% of the shares were in 1,572,571
individual holdings, of which 135,432 were joint holdings, and 85.7% of the
shares were in 31,694 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 14 May 2004, there were 8,590,507,813 ordinary
shares outstanding and 44,121,225 shares were held as treasury shares. At the
same date, approximately 21.2 million ADSs (equivalent to 212 million ordinary
shares, or approximately 2.5% of the total number of ordinary shares
outstanding on that date) were outstanding and were held by 2,461 record
holders of ADRs.At
31 March 2004, there were 3,577 shareholders with a US address on the register
of shareholders.
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