Holding(s) in Company

BT Group PLC
09 August 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           1472368              3,488,594
Bank of Ireland           2173520              7,574,172
Bank of Ireland           258227               1,111,323
Bank of Ireland           2911184              178,500
Bank of Ireland           4213196              2,480,748
Bank of Ireland           4239749              1,784,528
Bank of Ireland           4240060              214,781
Bank of Ireland           426353               938,885
Bank of Ireland           426360               91,470
Bank of Ireland           427057               1,154,692
Bank of Ireland Nominees  11X13                12,316,328
Bank of Ireland Nominees  11X13                2,713,733
Bank of New York                               592,013
Bank of New York          210405               1,055,185
Bank of New York          221428               905,193
Bank of New York          367748               2,340,455
Bank of New York          392067               2,857,227
Bank of New York          768198               2,151,135
Barclays bank France SA - Clients              7,366
Barclays Bank PLC (Singapore)                  3,700
Barclays Bank SA                               31.803
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED              330,924,393
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED              120,000
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED              571,500
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED              5,044,599
Barclays Global Investors Canada               596,194
Barclays Noms Monument DMC97                   15,966
Barclays Noms Monument R97                     301,137
Barclays Trust Co & others                     43,181
BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM                  528
Barclays Trust Co DMC69                        83,788
Barclays Trust Co E99                          5,242
Barclays Trust Co R69                          174,967
Barclayshare Nominees Ltd                      37,939
Barclayshare Nominees Ltd                      690,689
BNP PARIBAS                                    596,419
BNY (OCS) Nominees        221476               582,844
BNY (OCS) Nominees        387173               1,418,636
BT Globenet Nominees                           204,631
Chase Nominees - 16376                         4,057,629
Chase Nominees - 16669                         1,154,806
Chase Nominees - 19518                         345,291
Chase Nominees - 19519                         2,277,883
Chase Nominees - 19520                         3,111,317
Chase Nominees - 20947                         61,897,722
Chase Nominees - 21359                         3,206,919
Chase Nominees - 25772                         894,503
Chase Nominees - 27793                         494,275
Chase Nominees - 27797                         886,646
Chase Nominees - 27797                         1,414,705
Chase Nominees - 27800                         763,356
Chase Nominess - 28270                         1,031,669
Chase Nominees - 28270                         2,702,893
Chase Nominees - 31961                         2,308,232
Chase Nominees - 35506                         298,736
Chase Nominees - 35950                         1,094,182
CIBC Mellon Global Securities                  455,679
CITIBANK                  195433               1,393,997
CITIBANK                  6008783438           9,467,817
CITIBANK                  6010064440           401,915
CITIBANK                  6010640794           2,108,397
CITIBANK                  6010782807           674,673
CITIBANK                  601118               455,611
CITIBANK                  6660004              51,803
CITIBANK                                       341,450
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00324190         1,725
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594414         28,085
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594775         730
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00227401         1,252
Credit Suisse Asset Mgt   083587               706,058
Deutsche Bank London      8002041              87,210
Deutsche Bank London      8003168              4,915,040
Gerrard Nominees Limited                       414,645
Greig Middleton Nominees                       5,762,424
HSBC                      813168               1,546,737
HSBC                      845315               306,265
IBT                       91262                1,119,953
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO.                   121,714,926
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16256                175,782
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16267                48,396
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16268                223,568
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                63,607,143
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16610                45,000
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16612                460,539
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16648                6,210
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16901                185,344
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 17011                142,657
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 17998                388,076
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 18409                6,405,021
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 19198                108,651
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 19514                142,141
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 27803                59,504
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 28166                21,600,270
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 29514                1,610,225
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 35360                2,347,838
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 38245                997,314
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 39515                570,976
JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 39525                375,143
JPM Frankfurt                                  307505
JPMorgan Chase Bank                            21,277,955
KAS associates                                 648,182
Master Trust Bank                              261,173
MELLON                  DIRFO1                 653,502
MELLON                  DIRFO2                 151,492
MELLON BANK             ABGFZ                  4,582,917
MELLON BANK             TGGFO                  831,774
Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN                    1,035,689
Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN                    333,475
MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND                    622,460
Mitsubishi Trust International                 175,285
MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC)                   3,279,523
Mitsubishi Trust                               175,285
Mitsui Asset                                   139,141
Nordea Bank                                    509,776
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BOT12                    224,269
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - CVS21                    1,750,791
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - IPE01                    169,089
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - SC006                    2,478,501
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - TNF01                    527,132
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - TRGO01                   811,940
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - UKE01                    1,611,874
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - USF12                    3,173,535
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                 1,550,463
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                 1,293,344
NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA                 335,882
R C Greig Nominees                             6,114,965
R C Greig Nominees                             13,695,825
R C Greig Nominees AK1                         5,098,145
R C Greig Nominees BL1                         1,160,274
R C Greig Nominees CM1                         490,403
R C Greig Nominees GP1                         3,301,213
R C Greig Nominees SA1                         1,128,304
Reflex Nominees Limited                        10,893
Reflex Nominees Limited                        4,025
State Street          2RJ2                     803,144
State Street          JD12                     4,027,386
State Street          JFBL                     2,199,069
State Street          N3B3                     44,378
State Street          N3B6                     396,200
State Street          N3YL                     36,774
State Street          N3YZ                     62,926
State Street          NE5W                     175,440
State Street          X346                     65,167
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST                    1,179,639
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST                    46,800
STATE STREET BOSTON                            4,309,997
STATE STREET BOSTON                            1,119,953
STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA                   1,054,121

The Northern Trust Company                     745,083
Trust and Custody Services Bank                84,144
Trust and Custody Services Bank                4,975

UBS                                            293,907

ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED                         691,079
ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED                         582,098

TOTAL HOLDING                                  836,615,916


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Total holding of 836,615,916 shares


6) Percentage of issued class

10.05%


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

9 August 2006


12) Total holding following this notification

Total holding of 836,615,916 shares


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

10.05%


14) Any additional information

This notification updates the previous notification dated 28 July 2006 and is a
result of the increase in the total holding of Barclays plc from 673,149,473 to
836,615,916 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 9 August 2006

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