Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2713J

BT Group PLC

28 June 2011

 



Tuesday 28 June 2011

BT GROUP PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES - VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred in connection with its employee share plans 672,225 ordinary shares at nil cost. The transferred shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.

BT Group plc's capital consists of 8,151,227,029 ordinary shares with voting rights. Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 387,335,310 ordinary shares as treasury shares.  Therefore, the total number of voting rights in BT Group plc is 7,763,891,719

The above figure (7,763,891,719) 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 Group plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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