Issue of Equity

BT Group PLC
17 March 2008


17 March 2008


NOTIFICATION OF ALLOTMENT OF SHARES


Following its announcement on 16 January 2008, BT Group plc ("BT") announces
today that it has issued and allotted 10,572,177 ordinary shares of 5p each in
BT to three of the founding shareholders in aggregate, in satisfaction of the
consideration payable under the share purchase agreement pursuant to which BT
acquired 68.6% of Net2S SA's outstanding issued share capital.


Application has been made to The UK Listing Authority and The London Stock
Exchange for the new shares to be admitted to the Official List and to trading
on The London Stock Exchange. The newly issued shares shall rank pari passu with
existing BT shares and it is expected that dealings will commence at 8 a.m. on
20 March 2008.


Following this issue, BT's capital consists of 8,401,227,029 ordinary shares
with voting rights. BT holds 565,364,094 ordinary shares as treasury shares.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in BT Group plc is 7,835,862,935.


The above figure (7,835,862,935) may be used by shareholders as the denominator
for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify
their interest in, or a change to their interest in, BT under the FSA's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.






For further information

Inquiries about this statement should be made to the BT Group Newsroom on its
24-hour number: 020 7356 5369. From outside the UK dial + 44 20 7356 5369. All
news releases can be accessed at our web site: www.bt.com/newscentre.

About BT

BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and
services operating in 170 countries.  Its principal activities include networked
IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services;
higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/
mobile products and services.  BT consists principally of four lines of
business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.

In the year ended March 31, 2007, BT Group plc's revenue was £20,223 million
with profit before taxation of £2,484 million.

BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.

 For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt




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