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BT Group PLC 08 October 2003 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company BT Group plc 2. Name of Directors Sir Christopher Bland Ben Verwaayen Ian Livingston Pierre Danon Paul Reynolds 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. Adjustment in technical interest of the above directors 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 Adjustment in the technical interests of the above directors following a vesting of shares to a participant in the BT Retention Share Plan. 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: n/a 8) Percentage of issued class n/a 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 54,474 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 06 October 2003 14) Date Company informed 07 October 2003 15) Total holding following this notification n/a 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 Directors have technical interests, as at 08 October 2003 under Section 13 of the Companies Act as follows: • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 51,400 Ordinary Shares held by the Trustee, Halifax Corporate Trustees Limited; • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 30,495,650 Ordinary Shares held by Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited in respect of contingent awards under executive share plans; 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries John Challis 020 7356 4086 25) Name of signature or authorised company official responsible for making this notification John Challis Date of Notification: 08 October 2003 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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