COLT Telecom Group plc -- Director Shareholding


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


            

Coordonnées