Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5666P

BT Group PLC

08 June 2015

 

8 June 2015

BT GROUP PLC - TRANSACTIONS IN OWN SHARES - VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL

BT Group plc announces that it has purchased through J.P. Morgan Securities plc 1,610,000 ordinary shares at a price of 442.8913 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

BT Group plc's capital consists of 8,373,227,252 ordinary shares with voting rights.   Following the above purchase, BT Group plc holds 14,130,673 ordinary shares as treasury shares.  Therefore the total number of voting rights in BT Group plc is 8,359,096,579.

The above figure 8,359,096,579 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 FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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