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BT Group PLC 03 August 2005 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company BT Group plc 2) Name of Director Hanif Lalani OBE 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. Director in 2) above 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) Director in 2) above 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 co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Vesting of an award of shares under the BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 12,985 ordinary shares 8) Percentage of issued class n/a 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 5,335 ordinary shares 10) Percentage of issued class n/a 11) Class of security Ordinary shares of 5p each 12) Price per share 225.5p 13) Date of transaction 1 August 2005 14) Date Company informed 2 August 2005 15) Total holding following this notification a. 13,674 ordinary shares - personal holding; b. 72,224 ordinary shares under the BT Group Incentive Share Plan - contingent award; c. 53,735 ordinary shares under BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan; d. An option over 5,346 ordinary shares under the BT Group Employee Sharesave Scheme; e. Options over 649,851 ordinary shares under BT Group Global Share Option Plan. 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 boxes 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 nil 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 n/a 23) Any additional information The above named Director has technical interests, as at 3 August 2005 under Schedule 13 of the Companies Act as follows: a. A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 24,842,617 ordinary shares held by Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited in respect of contingent awards under executive share plans; b. A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc, in 9,154 ordinary shares held in the name of Halifax Corporate Trustees Limited as Trustee for BT Group Employee Share Investment Plan. 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Graeme Wheatley 020 7356 6372 25) Name of signature or authorised company official responsible for making this notification Graeme Wheatley Date of Notification: 3 August 2005 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange GWW

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