dividend re-investment

BT Group PLC
16 February 2004


                                  SCHEDULE 11
          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS
1) Name of company

BT Group plc

2) Name of Director

Sir Christopher Bland

Ben Verwaayen

Ian Livingston

Pierre Danon

Andy Green

Paul Reynolds

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)

Ilford Trustee (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

Investment of interim dividends and payments equivalent to the interim dividend
on shares held in trust under BT Executive Share Plan, BT Deferred Bonus Plan,
BT Incentive Share Plan, BT Group Retention Share Plan and BT Group Deferred
Bonus Plan.

Awards of shares as dividend equivalents to shares held in trust over which the
above Directors have a conditional interest;

Technical interest adjustments to shares held in trust following the above
re-investment and award.

7)                   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

All shares are held in the name of Ilford Trustee (Jersey) Limited:

Sir Christopher Bland -
  BT Incentive Share Plan: 5,878 shares

  BT Group Retention Share Plan: 5,073 shares

Ben Verwaayen -

  BT Retention Share Plan: 14,768 shares

  BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 9,281 shares

Ian Livingston -

  BT Group Retention Share Plan: 8,305 shares

  BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 1,562 shares

Pierre Danon -

  BT Deferred Bonus Plan: 339 shares

  BT Incentive Share Plan: 3,306 shares

  BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 2,965 shares

Andy Green -

  BT Executive Share Plan: 588 shares

  BT Incentive Share Plan: 3,306 shares

  BT Deferred Bonus Plan: 687 shares

  BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 2,353 shares

Paul Reynolds -

  BT Executive Share Plan: 175 shares

  BT Incentive Share Plan: 2,733 shares

  BT Deferred Bonus Plan: 499 shares

  BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 2,175 shares

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

177.25p

13)    Date of transaction

13 February 2004

14) Date Company informed

16 February 2004

14)    Total holding following this notification

Sir Christopher Bland

Personal holding: 674,062

BT Incentive Share Plan: 331,488

BT Group Retention Share Plan: 286,100

BT Group Legacy Option Plan: options over 314,244 shares


Ben Verwaayen

Personal holding: 387,876

BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 523,421

BT Group Retention Share Plan: 832,869

BT Group Global Share Option Plan: options over 3,671,083 shares


Ian Livingston

Personal holding: 209,637

BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 88,088

BT Group Retention Share Plan: 468,355

BT Group Global Share Option Plan: options over 1,639,272 shares

BT Group Employee Sharesave Scheme: options over 7,290 shares


Pierre Danon:

Personal holding: 93,508

BT Incentive Share Plan : 186,460

BT Deferred Bonus Plan: 23,054

BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 167,217

BT Group Global Share Option Plan: options over 1,639,272.


Andy Green

Personal holding: 92,351

BT Executive Share Plan: 40,032

BT Incentive Share Plan : 186,460

BT Deferred Bonus Plan: 46,723

BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 132,734

BT Group Global Share Option Plan: options over 1,548,198

BT Group Employee Sharesave Scheme: options over 2,905 shares.


Paul Reynolds

Personal holding: 46,755

BT Executive Share Plan: 11,999

BT Incentive Share Plan : 154,140

BT Deferred Bonus Plan: 33,934

BT Group Deferred Bonus Plan: 122,753

BT Group Global Share Option Plan: options over 1,457,124

BT Group Employee Sharesave Scheme: options over 4,555 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 16 February 2004
under Schedule 13 of the Companies Act as follows:

   • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in
    116,819 Ordinary Shares held by the Trustee, Halifax Corporate Trustees
    Limited;

   • A technical interest, together with all employees of BT Group plc in
    30,601,543 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

Graeme Wheatley, 020 7356 6372

25) Name of signature or authorised company official responsible for making this
notification

Graeme Wheatley

Date of Notification: 16 February 2004

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