Article: BT shares soar on talk of GBP 20bn private equity bid

Article: BT BREAKS GBP 4BN MARK
Evening News - Scotland;  May 19, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... first time - flowing in at the rate of more than GBP 8100 a minute. BT posted pre-tax, annual profits of GBP 4.3bn ... analysts' expectations of between GBP 716m and GBP 829m. BT expects its GBP 6bn global joint venture with AT&T to be formed ...

Article: BT pledges GBP 2.8bn to pension fund
The Scotsman;  December 19, 2006 ;     683 words ... ... 2005 and now stand at GBP 36bn. BT and the scheme's trustees ... 15 annual payments of GBP 232m. Sir Tim Chessells, chairman of the BT Pension Scheme Trustees ... financial sponsor." BT, which has net debt of GBP 8bn, said the one-off ...

Article: BT says more to come after GBP 340m blow
The Scotsman;  January 23, 2009 ;     651 words ... ... networks division after taking a GBP 340 million hit in the third ... Verwaayen as chief executive at BT last summer, said yesterday ... plans to cut the cost of BT's pension scheme. The ... to end-December will be GBP 17m, BT said yesterday. Livingston ...

Article: BT faced with GBP 750m bill
Evening News - Scotland;  March 24, 1998 ;     307 words ... ... separately are also added to it, the bill rises to GBP 750m. BT appealed against the Inland Revenue's original valuation of GBP 552m, claiming it should only pay GBP 279m. BT argued that its rateable value should be calculated ...

Article: Computacenter fights for GBP 50m BT contract
Evening Standard - London;  June 7, 1999 ;     415 words ... ... review by its biggest client BT, writes Helen Slingsby. The GBP 50 million contract to ... That is speculation. BT is a longstanding customer ... Analysts said losing the BT account would be worrying ... months. Pretax profits of GBP 74 million are pencilled ...

Article: Bank of Scotland in GBP 100m BT link-up
Evening News - Scotland;  September 1, 1999 ;     384 words ... ... year partnership worth more than GBP 100m with BT. The deal will involve the telecoms ... data and mobile phone networks. The GBP 100m spend by the bank covers maintenance ... communication needs will be dealt with by BT Syncordia Solutions. This will cover ...

Article: BT and AT&T talking over GBP 125bn deal
Evening News - Scotland;  August 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... deal to be sanctioned." BT has 137,000 employees, revenue of GBP 21.9bn and its last ... made an annual profit of GBP 3.6bn . BT yesterday took control ... groups would be around GBP 125bn. Last month, BT announced a 27 per fall ...