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Business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Thursday he was exercising his \"call-in power\" under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI) after Drahi<\/a>'s Altice UK raised its shareholding.
The Franco-Israeli entrepreneur bought 12.1% of BT in June last year and raised that to 18% in December, but said he did not intend to make a full bid.
It triggered a blunt response from Britain at the time, which warned it would intervene if necessary to protect the telecoms group building the country's critical fibre network.
BT Group said it would fully cooperate with the government probe. Altice UK declined to comment.
Shares in BT were down 4.4% at 0937 GMT.
The NSI legislation came into force earlier this year, giving the government powers to scrutinise and, if necessary, intervene in acquisitions on national security grounds.
The BT move is the second time this week the government has exercised the powers.
On Wednesday, the acquisition of Britain's biggest microchip factory Newport Wafer Fab by Chinese-owned technology company Nexperia was called in for a full national security assessment.
Kwarteng now has 30 working days to carry out his assessment of Drahi's BT stake.
Jefferies analysts said they expected BT and Altice UK would have to provide large amounts of documentation to the government.
\"It seems reasonable to conclude that the government thinks Altice\/BT raises relevant national security issues,\" they said.
They noted the market was not counting on an Altice UK takeover to support BT's share price at current levels.
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英国政府审查Drahi BT的股份
商业部长一种失礼周四表示他锻炼“电话力量”在国家安全和投资法案2021 (NSI) Drahi Altice英国后将其股权。
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商业部长一种失礼周四表示他锻炼“电话力量”在国家安全和投资法案2021 (NSI)之后DrahiAltice英国将其股权。
Franco-Israeli企业家买下12.1%的英国电信去年6月和12月提高到18%,但他说他不打算做一个完整的报价。
它引发了冲响应来自英国,这发出警告称,它将在必要时进行干预,以保护电信集团建设国家的重要的光纤网络。
英国电信集团表示,将全力配合政府调查。Altice英国拒绝置评。
英国电信(BT)股价下跌4.4%,至0937 GMT。
今年早些时候的NSI立法生效,赋予政府权力审查,如果有必要,以国家安全为由干涉收购。
英国电信是本周第二次政府行使权力。
周三,英国最大的芯片工厂的收购纽波特芯片厂的中国科技公司Nexperia被称为一个完整的国家安全评估。
Kwarteng现在有30个工作日进行评价Drahi BT的股份。
Jefferies分析师表示,他们预计BT和Altice英国将不得不向政府提供大量的文档。
“似乎可以得出合理的结论,政府认为Altice / BT提出相关的国家安全问题,”他们说。
他们指出,市场并不指望一个Altice英国并购支持BT的股价在当前水平。
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