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BT Group PLC 01 June 2005 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company BT Group plc 2) Name of Director Ian Livingston 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 An award of shares under the BT Group Retention Share Plan 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: 511,169 ordinary shares under the BT Group Retention Share 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 213.25p 13) Date of transaction 31 May 2005 14) Date Company informed 1 June 2005 15) Total holding following this notification Personal holding: 313,054 ordinary shares BT Group Retention Share Plan: 511,169 shares BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 180,258 shares BT Group Incentive Share Plan: 162,512 shares BT Group Global Share Option Plan: options over 1,629,865 shares BT Group Employee Sharesave Scheme: an option over 7,290 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 31 May 2005 under Schedule 13 of the Companies Act as follows: • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 145,263 Ordinary Shares held by the Trustee of the BT Group Employee Share Investment Plan, Halifax Corporate Trustees Limited; • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in 27,053,762 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: 1 June 2005 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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