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BT Group PLC 05 July 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company BT Group plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays PLC 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 Registered holder number of shares Bank of Ireland 969,405 Bank of New York 587,446 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 101,135,479 Barclays Trust Co & others 36,981 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 78,000 Barclays Global Investors Canada 587,292 BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 623 Barclays Trust Co DMC69 83,788 Barclays Trust Co E99 4,150 Barclays Trust Co R69 178,452 BNP PARIBAS 552,556 Chase Nominees - 16376 4,057,629 Chase Nominees - 20947 61,350,867 Chase Nominees - 21359 3,206,919 Chase Nominess - 28270 3,692,181 CIBC Mellon Global Securities 428,330 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00324190 1,725 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00520518 845 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594414 28,085 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594775 730 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00227401 1,252 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00597278 15,000 Gerrard Nominees Limited 340,945 Greig Middleton Nominees 4,890,233 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 117,792,076 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16331 2,045,812 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16338 504,571 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341 4,535,244 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341 2,392,877 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16342 1,070,744 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16344 789,498 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16345 1,314,574 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16400 69,148,317 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 17011 142,657 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 18409 6,405,021 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 21,699,832 Master Trust Bank 261,173 Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 333,475 Mellon Trust - Boston & SF 958,697 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 568,670 Mitsubishi Trust International 175,285 Mitsui Asset 135,120 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 1,458,529 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 1,211,496 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 308,583 R C Greig Nominees 13,764,174 R C Greig Nominees AK1 4,365,976 R C Greig Nominees BL1 1,197,321 R C Greig Nominees CM1 414,834 R C Greig Nominees GP1 2,052,198 R C Greig Nominees SA1 777,040 Reflex Nominees Limited 2,625 Reflex Nominees Limited 10,893 State Street 1,085,057 State Street 46,800 STATE STREET BOSTON 4,298,818 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA 975,674 The Northern Trust Company 695,462 Trust and Custody Services Bank 81,061 Trust and Custody Services Bank 4,975 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 686,341 TOTAL HOLDING 455,940,341 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Total holding of 455,940,341 shares 6) Percentage of issued class 5.36% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class- N/A 9) Class of security Ordinary shares of 5p in BT Group plc 10) Date of transaction n/a 11) Date company informed 4 July 2006 12) Total holding following this notification Total holding of 455,940,341 shares 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.36% 14) Any additional information This notification updates the previous notification dated 20 June 2005 and is a result of the increase in the total holding of Barclays plc from 255,878,847 to 455,940,341 shares. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Graeme Wheatley, 020 7356 6372 16) Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Graeme Wheatley, 020 7356 6372 Date of notification 5 July 2006 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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