Director Shareholding

BT Group PLC 15 February 2005 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company BT Group plc 2) Name of Director Sir Christopher Bland Ben Verwaayen Ian Livingston Pierre Danon Andy Green Paul Reynolds Hanif Lalani 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder name in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest. Adjustment in technical interest of the above directors 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) Halifax Corporate Trustees Ltd 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) n/a 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicated whether general/single company PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Adjustment in technical interest of the above directors 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: Recovery of 200 BT Group shares by Halifax Corporate Trustees Limited as Trustee of the BT Group Employee Share Investment Plan from awards made to non-eligible individuals. 8) Percentage of issued class n/a 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed n/a 10) Percentage of issued class n/a 11) Class of security Ordinary shares of 5p each 12) Price per share n/a 13) Date of transaction 14 February 2005 14) Date Company informed 15 February 2005 15) Total holding following this notification n/a 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification n/a If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following details (17 - 22) 17) Date of grant n/a 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable n/a 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option n/a 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number n/a 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise n/a 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification No change 23) Any additional information The above named Directors have technical interests, as at 15 February 2005 under Schedule 13 of the Companies Act as follows: • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 127,941 Ordinary Shares held by the Trustee of the BT Group Employee Share Investment Plan, Halifax Corporate Trustees Limited; • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 27,777,035 Ordinary Shares held by Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited in respect of contingent awards under executive share plans; 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries John Challis 020 7356 4086 25) Name of signature or authorised company official responsible for making this notification John Challis Date of Notification: 15 February 2005 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

Companies

BT Group (BT.A)
UK 100

Latest directors dealings