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BT Group PLC 26 June 2003 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company BT Group plc 2. Name of Director Pierre Danon 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) Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited 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 Award of shares under the BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan Grant of options under the BT Group Global Share Option Plan 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 84,586 ordinary shares under the BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan 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 199.5p 13. Date of transaction 23 June 2003 14) Date Company informed 25 June 2003 15) Total holding following this notification a. 61,228 ordinary shares - personal holding; b. 179,047 ordinary shares under BT Incentive Share Plan - contingent award; c. 53,253 ordinary shares under the BT Retention Share Plan; d. 182,861 ordinary shares under BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan; e. Options over 1,639,272 ordinary shares under BT Group Global Share Option Plan - contingent options. 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 24 June 2003 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 24 June 2006 - 23 June 2013 subject to corporate performance measure 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option nil 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number Option over 676,692 ordinary shares of 5p each 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 199.5p 22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification Options over 1,639,272 ordinary shares under BT Group Global Share Option Plan 23) Any additional information The above named Director has technical interests, as at 26 June 2003 under Section 13 of the Companies Act as follows: • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 15,876,189 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 31,719,402 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 28,272 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: 26 June 2003 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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