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BT Group PLC 15 June 2005 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company BT Group plc 2) Name of Directors Paul Reynolds Hanif Lalani 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. Directors 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 Monthly purchases of shares under the terms of the BT Group Employee Share Investment Plan. 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired: Paul Reynolds - purchase of 57 shares at 221.75p per share. Hanif Lalani - purchase of 57 shares at 221.75p 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 221.75p 13) Date of transaction 14 June 2005 14) Date Company informed 15 June 2005 15) Total holding following this notification Paul Reynolds Personal holding: 67,950 ordinary shares BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 208,593 shares BT Group Incentive Share Plan: 144,456 shares BT Group Global Share Option Plan: options over 1,448,764 shares BT Group Employee Sharesave Scheme: an option over 4,555 shares. Hanif Lalani Personal holding: 5,915 ordinary shares BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 66,720 shares BT Group Incentive Share Plan: 72,224 shares BT Group Global Share Option Plan: options over 649,851 shares BT Group Employee Sharesave Scheme: an option over 5,346 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 Directors have a technical interest, as at 15 June 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 27,142,370 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: 15 June 2005 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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