Br.tel.5t%bds28 Regulatory News (72NS)

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED.

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (THE "UNITED STATES") OR IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE OR TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO RELEASE, PUBLISH OR DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

7 February 2023

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY ANNOUNCES MAXIMUM ACCEPTANCE AMOUNT

British Telecommunications public limited company (the "Offeror") announces today, with reference to the invitations made to the holders of its outstanding EUR500,000,000 0.875 per cent. Notes due 26 September 2023 (ISIN: XS1886402814) (the "2023 Notes"), EUR575,000,000 1.000 per cent. Notes due 23 June 2024 (ISIN: XS1637334803) (the "June 2024 Notes") and EUR1,100,000,000 1.000 per cent. Notes due 21 November 2024 (ISIN: XS1720922175) (the "November 2024 Notes" and together with the 2023 Notes and the June 2024 Notes, the "Notes" and each a "Series") as described in the tender offer memorandum dated 6 February 2023 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum") (each such invitation an "Offer" and together the "Offers") that, following pricing of the New Notes to be issued by the Offeror, the Maximum Acceptance Amount in respect of the Offers is EUR1,000,000,000 in aggregate nominal amount of Notes.

The Offeror reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and for any reason, to increase or decrease the Maximum Acceptance Amount. The Offeror will announce the final Series Acceptance Amounts as soon as reasonably practicable after the Pricing Time on 13 February 2023.

The Offers commenced on 6 February 2023 and will expire at 4.00 p.m. (London time) on 10 February 2023. Settlement is expected to take place on 15 February 2023.

The Offers are being made on the terms and subject to the conditions (including the New Financing Condition) contained in the Tender Offer Memorandum and should be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.

Banco Santander, S.A and BNP Paribas are acting as Dealer Managers for the Offers and Kroll Issuer Services Limited is acting as Tender Agent. For detailed terms of the Offers please refer to the Tender Offer Memorandum which (subject to offer and distribution restrictions) can be obtained from the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent referred to below.

This announcement is released by British Telecommunications public limited company and contains information that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended ("UK MAR"), encompassing information relating to the Offers, as described above. For the purposes of UK MAR and the Implementing Technical Standards, this announcement is made by Andrew Binnie, BT Group Treasury Director of the Offeror.

DISCLAIMER

This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Tender Offer Memorandum. This announcement and the Tender Offer Memorandum contain important information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offers. If any Qualifying Holder is in any doubt as to the contents of this announcement, the Tender Offer Memorandum or the action it should take, it is recommended to seek its own financial, legal, regulatory and tax advice, including in respect of any tax consequences, immediately from its broker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial, tax or legal adviser.

None of the Offeror, the Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent or any of their respective directors, employees, officers, agents or affiliates expresses any opinion about the merits of the Offers or makes any recommendation as to whether or not any Qualifying Holder should Offer to Sell its Notes and no one has been authorised by the Offeror, the Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent to make any such recommendation.

OFFER RESTRICTIONS

UNITED STATES

The Offers are not being made, and will not be made, directly or indirectly in or into, or by use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce of, or of any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the United States. This includes, but is not limited to, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telex, telephone, the internet and other forms of electronic communication. The Notes may not be tendered in the Offers by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility from or within the United States or by persons located or resident in the United States as defined in Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

Accordingly, copies of the Tender Offer Memorandum and any other documents or materials relating to the Offers are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise transmitted, distributed or forwarded (including, without limitation, by custodians, nominees or trustees) in or into the United States. Any purported tender of Notes in the Offers resulting directly or indirectly from a violation of these restrictions will be invalid, and any purported tender of Notes made by a person located in the United States or any agent, fiduciary or other intermediary acting on a non-discretionary basis for a principal giving instructions from within the United States will be invalid and will not be accepted.

The Tender Offer Memorandum is not an offer to buy or sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, any Notes or other securities in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under, or an exemption from the registration requirements of, the Securities Act.

Each Holder of Notes participating in the Offers will represent that it is not a U.S. person, it is not located in the United States and it is not participating in the Offers from the United States or it is acting on a non-discretionary basis for a principal located outside the United States that is not giving an order to participate in the Offers from the United States.

For the purposes of this and above paragraphs, "United States" means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of the United States of America and the District of Columbia.

UNITED KINGDOM

The communication of the Tender Offer Memorandum and any other documents or materials relating to the Offers is not being made and such documents and/or materials have not been approved by an authorised person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of such documents and/or materials as a financial promotion is only being made to, and may only be acted upon by, those persons in the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Financial Promotion Order")) or persons who are within Article 43 of the Financial Promotion Order or any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order.

FRANCE

The Tender Offer Memorandum and any documents or offering materials relating to the Offers may not be distributed in the Republic of France except to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) as defined in Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation, as amended, and Article L.411-2 of the French Code monétaire et financier as amended from time to time. The Tender Offer Memorandum has not been and will not be submitted for clearance to nor approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers.

REPUBLIC OF ITALY

None of the Offers, the Tender Offer Memorandum or any other documents or materials relating to the Offers has been or will be submitted to the clearance procedures of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa ("CONSOB") pursuant to Italian laws and regulations. The Offers are being carried out in the Republic of Italy ("Italy") as exempted offers pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the "Financial Services Act") and article 35-bis, paragraph 4 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amended. Holders or beneficial owners of the Notes that are located in Italy may tender their Notes in the Offers through authorised persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 20307 of 15 February 2018, as amended from time to time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993, as amended) and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or with requirements imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian authority.

Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis-à-vis its clients in connection with the Notes and/or the Offers.

GENERAL

The Tender Offer Memorandum does not constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell Notes, and tenders of Notes for purchase pursuant to the Offers will not be accepted from Holders in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

NEW NOTES

Any investment decision to purchase any New Notes should be made solely on the basis of the information contained in (i) the prospectus dated 17 June 2022 prepared in connection with the €20,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of the Offeror, as supplemented by the supplements thereto dated 19 August 2022, 13 December 2022 and 2 February 2023 (together, the "Prospectus") and (ii) the final terms in respect of the New Notes pursuant to which the New Notes are intended to be issued, and no reliance is to be placed on any representations other than those contained in the Prospectus. Subject to compliance with all applicable securities laws and regulations, the Prospectus is available on the website of the Offeror and from the joint lead managers of the issue of the New Notes, on request.

The New Notes are not being, and will not be, offered or sold in the United States. Nothing in this announcement constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the New Notes in the United States or any other jurisdiction. Securities may not be offered, sold or delivered in the United States absent registration under, or an exemption from the registration requirements of, the Securities Act. The New Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act).

Compliance information for the New Notes: EEA MiFID II / UK MiFIR professionals / ECPs-only /No EEA or UK PRIIPs KID - Manufacturer target market (MiFID II / UK MiFIR product governance) is eligible counterparties and professional clients only (all distribution channels). No EEA or UK PRIIPs key information document (KID) has been prepared as not available to retail in EEA or UK. See the Prospectus for further information.

No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction in relation to the New Notes to permit a public offering of securities. The minimum denomination of the EUR New Notes and the GBP New Notes will be EUR100,000 and GBP100,000 respectively.