Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
29 June 2006


Thursday 29 June 2006

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 992,499 ordinary shares at prices of between 173p and
227p per share. The transferred shares were all formerly held as treasury
shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 310,148,5087 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,325,338,266.



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