Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
04 August 2005


Thursday 4 August 2005

                                  BT GROUP PLC
                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has yesterday transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 909,277 ordinary shares at a maximum price of 218 pence
per share and a minimum price of 199.5 pence per share. The transferred shares
were all formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 140,060,787 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,495,182,240.

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