LONDON, April 27, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) --
SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.
1. Name of company COLT Telecom Group plc 2. Name of director Robert Hawley 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of an non-beneficial interest 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) Trustees of Robert Hawley's 1999 Discretionary Settlement 5. Please state whether 6. Please state the nature of notification relates to the transaction. For PEP a person(s) connected transactions please indicate with the director named whether general/single in 2 above and identify co PEP and if the connected person(s) discretionary/non discretionary /non discretionary Purchase 7. Number of shares/amount of 8. Percentage of issued stock acquired class (any treasury shares held by company 5,000 should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Less than 0.0001% 9. Number of shares/amount of 10. Percentage of issued stock disposed class (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 11. Class of security 12. Price per share Ordinary 82.25 pence 13. Date of transaction 14. Date company informed 27.04.2004 27.04.2004 15. Total holding 16. Total percentage following this holding of issued notification class following this notification 63,654 (any treasury shares held by company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) Less than 0.0001% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes. 17. Date of grant 18. Period during which or date on which exercisable 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 23. Any additional information 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Adrian Goodenough 020 7947 1677 25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Adrian Goodenough Date of notification -- 27.04.2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange