Director Shareholding

BT Group PLC
11 February 2005


                                   SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS


1) Name of company

BT Group plc

2) Name of Director

Ben Verwaayen

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

Vesting of awards of shares under the BT Group Retention Share Plan.

7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

872,615

8) Percentage of issued class

n/a

9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

358,490

10) Percentage of issued class

n/a

11) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 5p each

12) Price per share

207.75p

13)  Date of transaction

11 February 2005

14) Date Company informed

11 February 2005

15) Total holding following this notification

Ben Verwaayen
Personal holding: 902,001 ordinary shares
BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 781,024
BT Group Incentive Share Plan: 252,798
BT Group Global Share Option Plan: options over 4,217,958 shares

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 a technical interest, as at 11 February 2005 under
Schedule 13 of the Companies Act as follows:

   •A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in
    28,649,650 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
    127,741 Ordinary Shares held by the Trustee of the BT Group Employee Share
    Investment Plan, Halifax Corporate Trustees Limited

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: 11 February 2005

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