Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
14 July 2004

Wednesday 14 July 2004

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 283,042 ordinary shares at prices between 139 pence and
156 pence per share.  The transferred shares were all formerly held as treasury
shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 60,355,395 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,574,273,643.





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