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BT Group PLC 15 August 2002 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company BT Group plc 2. Name of Director Andy Green 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) Halifax Corporate Trustees Limited as Trustee of the BT Group Employee Share Investment Plan. 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 Annual award of shares under the terms of the BT Group Employee Share Investment Plan. 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: Award of 130 shares at 195.5p per share. 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 August 2002 14) Date Company informed 14 August 2002 15) Total holding following this notification a. 85,729 ordinary shares - personal holding; b. 258,332 ordinary shares under BT Incentive Share Plan - contingent award; c. 49,504 shares under BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan; d. 55,046 shares under the BT Deferred Bonus Plan; e. 114,510 shares under the BT Executive Share Plan - contingent award; f. An option over 2905 shares under the BT Group Employee Sharesave Scheme; g. Options over 909,100 shares under BT Group Global Share Option Plan. h. Options over 855,620 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 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 n/a 23) Any additional information The above named Director has technical interests, as at 14 August 2002 under Section 13 of the Companies Act as follows: • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 15,942,859 Ordinary Shares held by the Trustee, The Royal Bank of Scotland Trust Company (Jersey) Limited; • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 31,870,183 Ordinary Shares held by Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited in respect of contingent awards under executive share plans; • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 73,069 Ordinary Shares held in the name of BT Employee Shares Trustees Limited. • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 322 Ordinary Shares held in the name of Halifax Corporate Trustees Limited 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: 15 August 2002 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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