COLT Telecom Group plc Announces Director Shareholding (5)


LONDON, Dec. 14, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) --



                              SCHEDULE 11

       NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED 
                               PERSONS


  1. Name of company           2. Name of director

     COLT Telecom Group plc       H. Frans van den Hoven

  3. Please state              4. Name of the registered holder(s)
     whether                      and, if more than one holder, the
     notification                 number of shares held by each of
     indicates that it            them (if notified)
     is in respect of
     holding of the               H. Frans van den Hoven
     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
                                   
  5. Please state              6. Please state the nature of the
     whether                      transaction. For PEP transactions
     notification                 please indicate whether
     relates to a                 general/single
     person(s) connected          co PEP and if discretionary/non
     with the director            discretionary /non discretionary
     named in 2 above
     and identify the             Purchase
     connected person(s)
                                
  7.  Number    8.  Percentage  9.  Number of          10. Percentage
      of            of issued       shares/amount of       of issued
      shares/       class           stock disposed         class (any
      amount        (any                                   treasury
      of            treasury                               shares
      stock         shares                                 held by
      acquired      held by                                company
                    company                                should not
      24,704        should not                             be taken
                    be taken                               into
                    into account                           account
                    when                                   when
                    calculating                            calculating
                    percentage)                            percentage)

                    Less than 0.01%

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

      Ordinary      44.8036         10.12.2004             13.12.2004
                    pence

  15. Total holding             16. Total percentage holding of issued
      following this                class following this notification
      notification                  (any treasury shares held by
                                    company should not be taken into
      107,117                       account when calculating
                                    percentage)

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

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

  23.     Any additional        24. Name of contact and telephone
          information               number for queries

          Open market purchase      Adrian Goodenough
          as part of non-executive  020 7947 1677
          fees

  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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