COLT Telecom Group plc Announces Director Shareholding (1)


LONDON, Dec. 14, 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           2.  Name of director

            COLT Telecom Group plc        Andreas Barth

  3.        Please state whether      4.  Name of the registered
            notification indicates        holder(s) and, if more than
            that it is in respect         one holder, the number of
            of holding of the             shares held by each of them
            shareholder named in 2        (if notified)
            above or in respect of
            a non-beneficial              Andreas Barth
            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

  5.        Please state whether      6.  Please state the nature of
            notification relates to       the transaction. For PEP
            a person(s) connected         transactions please
            with the director named       indicate whether
            in 2 above and identify       general/single
            the connected person(s)       co PEP and if
                                          discretionary/
                                          non discretionary/
                                          non discretionary

                                          Purchase

  7.        Number of   8. Percentage 9. Number of      10.Percentage
            shares/        of issued     shares/amount     of
            amount of      issued        of stock          issued
            stock          class         disposed          class
            acquired       (any                            (any
                           treasury                        treasury
            25,852         shares                          shares
                           held by                         held by
                           company                         company
                           should                          should
                           not be                          not be
                           taken                           taken
                           into                            into
                           account                         account
                           when                            when
                           calculating                     calculating
                           percentage)                     percentage)

                           less than 0.01%

  11.       Class of    12.Price     13.  Date of        14. Date
            security       per            transaction        company
                           share                             informed

            Ordinary       44.8036       10.12.2004         13.12.2004
                           pence

  15.       Total holding following   16. Total percentage holding of
            this notification             issued class following this
                                          notification (any treasury
            41,961                        shares held by company
                                          should not be taken into
                                          account when calculating
                                          percentage)

                                          less than 0.01 %

  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     20. Description of shares or
            any) for grant of the         debentures involved: class,
            option                        number

  21.       Exercise price (if        22. Total number of shares or
            fixed at time of grant)       debentures over which
            or indication that            options held following this
            price is to be fixed at       notification
            time of exercise

  23.       Any additional            24. Name of contact and
            information                   telephone number for
                                          queries
            Open market purchase as
            part of non-executive         Adrian Goodenough
            fees                          020 7947 1677


  25.       Name and signature of authorised company official
            responsible for making this notification

            Adrian Goodenough

  Date of notification - 14.12.2004

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