Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8002H

BT Group PLC

02 December 2015

 

02 December 2015

                                  BT GROUP PLC

             TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES - VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL

BT Group plc announces that on 02 December 2015 it purchased from Merrill Lynch International 400,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 494.2800 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

BT Group plc's capital consists of 8,373,227,252 ordinary shares with voting rights. Following the above purchase, BT Group plc holds 6,892,569 ordinary shares as treasury shares. Therefore the total number of voting rights in BT Group plc is 8,366,334,683.

The above figure (8,366,334,683) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, BT Group plc under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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