Director Shareholding

BT Group PLC
20 May 2005


                                   SCHEDULE 11
          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1) Name of company

BT Group plc

2) Name of Director

Ian Livingston

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder name 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 a non-beneficial interest.

Director in 2) above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)

Ilford Trustee (Jersey) Limited

5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the
Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

n/a

6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicated whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary

The Trustees are selling shares awarded under the BT Group Retention Share Plan
in May 2002 which vested on 20 May 2005, on behalf of Mr Livingston.

Sale of shares.

7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

307,005

8) Percentage of issued class

n/a

9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

307,005

10) Percentage of issued class

n/a

11) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 5p each

12) Price per share

212.25p

13) Date of transaction

20 May 2005

14) Date Company informed

20 May 2005

15) Total holding following this notification

Personal holding: 313,054 ordinary shares
BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 180,258 shares
BT Group Incentive Share Plan: 162,512 shares
BT Group Global Share Option Plan: options over 1,990,835 shares
BT Group Employee Sharesave Scheme: an option over 7,290 shares.

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

n/a

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17) Date of grant

n/a

18) Period during which or date on which exercisable

n/a

19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

n/a

20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

n/a

21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be
fixed at time of exercise

n/a

22)    Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification

n/a

23) Any additional information

The above named Director has a technical interest, as at 20 May 2005 under
Schedule 13 of the Companies Act as follows:

   • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in
    145,263 Ordinary Shares held by the Trustee of the BT Group Employee Share
    Investment Plan, Halifax Corporate Trustees Limited;
   • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in
    27,733,138 Ordinary Shares held by Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited in
    respect of contingent awards under executive share plans;

 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

John Challis, 020 7356 4086

25) Name of signature or authorised company official responsible for making this
notification

John Challis
Date of Notification: 20 May 2005

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