Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
30 December 2004

Thursday 30 December 2004

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that yesterday it transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 3,212 ordinary shares at a maximum price of 173 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 104,113,932 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,530,515,106.





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