Holding(s) in Company

BT Group PLC
02 December 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

BT Group plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

The Capital Group Companies, Inc

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

Total holding of the above shareholder

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

Capital International Limited

Registered holder number of shares held

State Street Nominees Limited 92,650
Bank of New York Nominees 21,250,816
Northern Trust 3,880,209
Chase Nominees Limited 8,259,269
Midland Bank plc 391,600
Bankers Trust 9,183,142
Barclays Bank 471,100
Citibank London 109,700
Morgan Guaranty 1,151,500
Nortrust Nominees 8,485,149
State Street Bank and Trust Company 836,100
Deutsche Bank AG 4,041,555
HSBC Bank plc 3,152,289
Mellon Bank N.A. 823,928
Northern Trust AVFC 636,252
Mellon Nominees (UK) Limited 125,400
Bank One London 1,193,200
Capital International S.A.

Registered holder number of shares held

Citibank NA Toronto 27,900
Capital International, Inc.

Registered holder number of shares held

State Street Nominees Limited 1,777,400
Bank of New York Nominees 270,123
Chase Nominees Limited 2,297,900
Citibank London 24,700
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 20,700
Citibank NA Toronto 237,800
Capital Research and Management Company

Registered holder number of shares held

Chase Nominees Limited 192,875,000

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

total holding of 261,615,382 shares

6) Percentage of issued class

3.02%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

nil

8) Percentage of issued class

n/a

9) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 5p

10) Date of transaction

17 November 2003

11) Date company informed

2 December 2003

12) Holding following this notification

261,519,674

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.02%

14) Any additional information

none

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

    Graeme Wheatley, 020 7356 6372
16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
    this notification:

Graeme Wheatley, 020 7356 6372

Date of notification 02 December 2003


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