Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
29 November 2006


Wednesday 29 November 2006

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES


BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employee share schemes 243,818 ordinary shares at a minimum price of 146 pence
per share and a maximum price of 263 pence per share. The transferred shares
were all formerly held as treasury shares.


Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 337,323,110 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,302,999,538.


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