Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
03 December 2003

WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2003

BT GROUP PLC

PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today purchased for cancellation through
Merrill Lynch International 3,250,000 ordinary shares at an average price of
176.28 pence per share.




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