Holding(s) in Company

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

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