Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
08 September 2004

Wednesday 8 September 2004

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 3,420 ordinary shares at a price of 173 pence per share
and 15,314 ordinary shares at a price of 154 pence per share.  The transferred
shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 80,745,867 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,553,883,171.





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