Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
19 July 2006


Wednesday 19 July 2006

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 526,760 ordinary shares (converted to 52,676 American
Depositary Shares) at prices of $32.53 and $37.58 per American Depositary Share.
The transferred shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 309,608,589 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,328,402,587.



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