Holding(s) in Company

BT Group PLC
28 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                          1,003,722

Bank of New York                           592,013

Barclays Bank PLC (Singapore)                3,700

BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED      323,308,364

BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED        4,440,170

BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED           16,500

Barclays Capital Securities Ltd              2,000

Barclays Global Investors Canada           603,238

Barclays Trust Co & others                  41,125

BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM                  528

Barclays Trust Co DMC69                     83,788

Barclays Trust Co E99                        4,150

Barclays Trust Co R69                      174,250

BNP PARIBAS                                594,968

Chase Nominees - 16376                   4,057,629

Chase Nominees - 20947                  61,897,722

Chase Nominees - 21359                   3,206,919

Chase Nominess - 28270                   1,031,669

Chase Nominees - 28270                   2,702,893

CIBC Mellon Global Securities              465,588

Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00324190       1,725

Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594414      28,085

Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594775         730

Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00227401       1,252

Gerrard Nominees Limited                   337,445

Greig Middleton Nominees                 5,084,833

INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.           121,294,201

JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16331          2,045,812

JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16338            504,571

JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341          4,528,458

JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341          2,408,169

JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16342          1,070,744

JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16344            797,532

JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16345          1,330,898

JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16400         63,687,243

JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 17011            142,657

JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 18409          6,405,021

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK                     21,985,576

Master Trust Bank                          261,173

Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN              1,036,863

Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN                333,475

MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND                622,460

Mitsubishi Trust International             175,285

Mitsui Asset                               137,179

NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA           1,572,854

NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA           1,304,475

NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA             335,882

R C Greig Nominees                      13,718,720

R C Greig Nominees AK1                   4,275,002

R C Greig Nominees BL1                   1,168,032

R C Greig Nominees CM1                     410,174

R C Greig Nominees GP1                   2,073,640

R C Greig Nominees SA1                     783,712

Reflex Nominees Limited                     10,893

Reflex Nominees Limited                      4,025

State Street                             1,196,430

State Street                                46,800

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST                764,899

STATE STREET BOSTON                      4,309,997

STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA             1,051,600

The Northern Trust Company                 753,029

Trust and Custody Services Bank             81,061

Trust and Custody Services Bank              4,975

ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED                     691,324

TOTAL HOLDING                          673,149,473



5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Total holding of 673,149,473 shares

6) Percentage of issued class

8.08%

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

27 July 2006

12) Total holding following this notification

Total holding of 673,149,473 shares

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

8.08%

14) Any additional information

This notification updates the previous notification dated 11 July 2006 and is a
result of the increase in the total holding of Barclays plc from 623,126,239 to
673,149,473 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 28 July 2006

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