Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
16 November 2005


Wednesday 16 November 2005
                                  BT GROUP PLC
                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to a participant in its
employees share schemes 6,438 ordinary shares at prices ranging between 154
pence and 171 pence per share. The transferred shares were all formerly held as
treasury shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 197,331,986 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,437,995,282.

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