Last checked at 16 Nov 2015 17:23
16 November 2015
BT GROUP PLC
TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES - VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL
BT Group plc announces that on 16 November 2015 it purchased from Merrill Lynch International 400,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 474.3220 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
BT Group plc's capital consists of 8,373,227,252 ordinary shares with voting rights. Following the above purchase, BT Group plc holds 2,766,792 ordinary shares as treasury shares. Therefore the total number of voting rights in BT Group plc is 8,370,460,460.
The above figure (8,370,460,460) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, BT Group plc under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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