Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
28 September 2005


Wednesday 28 September 2005

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 58,974 ordinary shares at a maximum price of 199.50
pence per share and a minimum price of 154 pence per share. The transferred
shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 178,693,664 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,456,549,363.

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