Holding(s) in Company

BT Group PLC 09 August 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company BT Group plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Barclays PLC 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named 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 Total holding of the above shareholder 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Registered holder number of shares Bank of Ireland 1472368 3,488,594 Bank of Ireland 2173520 7,574,172 Bank of Ireland 258227 1,111,323 Bank of Ireland 2911184 178,500 Bank of Ireland 4213196 2,480,748 Bank of Ireland 4239749 1,784,528 Bank of Ireland 4240060 214,781 Bank of Ireland 426353 938,885 Bank of Ireland 426360 91,470 Bank of Ireland 427057 1,154,692 Bank of Ireland Nominees 11X13 12,316,328 Bank of Ireland Nominees 11X13 2,713,733 Bank of New York 592,013 Bank of New York 210405 1,055,185 Bank of New York 221428 905,193 Bank of New York 367748 2,340,455 Bank of New York 392067 2,857,227 Bank of New York 768198 2,151,135 Barclays bank France SA - Clients 7,366 Barclays Bank PLC (Singapore) 3,700 Barclays Bank SA 31.803 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 330,924,393 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 120,000 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 571,500 BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 5,044,599 Barclays Global Investors Canada 596,194 Barclays Noms Monument DMC97 15,966 Barclays Noms Monument R97 301,137 Barclays Trust Co & others 43,181 BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 528 Barclays Trust Co DMC69 83,788 Barclays Trust Co E99 5,242 Barclays Trust Co R69 174,967 Barclayshare Nominees Ltd 37,939 Barclayshare Nominees Ltd 690,689 BNP PARIBAS 596,419 BNY (OCS) Nominees 221476 582,844 BNY (OCS) Nominees 387173 1,418,636 BT Globenet Nominees 204,631 Chase Nominees - 16376 4,057,629 Chase Nominees - 16669 1,154,806 Chase Nominees - 19518 345,291 Chase Nominees - 19519 2,277,883 Chase Nominees - 19520 3,111,317 Chase Nominees - 20947 61,897,722 Chase Nominees - 21359 3,206,919 Chase Nominees - 25772 894,503 Chase Nominees - 27793 494,275 Chase Nominees - 27797 886,646 Chase Nominees - 27797 1,414,705 Chase Nominees - 27800 763,356 Chase Nominess - 28270 1,031,669 Chase Nominees - 28270 2,702,893 Chase Nominees - 31961 2,308,232 Chase Nominees - 35506 298,736 Chase Nominees - 35950 1,094,182 CIBC Mellon Global Securities 455,679 CITIBANK 195433 1,393,997 CITIBANK 6008783438 9,467,817 CITIBANK 6010064440 401,915 CITIBANK 6010640794 2,108,397 CITIBANK 6010782807 674,673 CITIBANK 601118 455,611 CITIBANK 6660004 51,803 CITIBANK 341,450 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00324190 1,725 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594414 28,085 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00594775 730 Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 - 00227401 1,252 Credit Suisse Asset Mgt 083587 706,058 Deutsche Bank London 8002041 87,210 Deutsche Bank London 8003168 4,915,040 Gerrard Nominees Limited 414,645 Greig Middleton Nominees 5,762,424 HSBC 813168 1,546,737 HSBC 845315 306,265 IBT 91262 1,119,953 INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 121,714,926 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16256 175,782 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16267 48,396 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16268 223,568 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16331 2,045,812 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16338 504,571 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341 4,528,458 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16341 2,408,169 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16342 1,070,744 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16344 797,532 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16345 1,330,898 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16400 63,607,143 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16610 45,000 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16612 460,539 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16648 6,210 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 16901 185,344 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 17011 142,657 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 17998 388,076 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 18409 6,405,021 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 19198 108,651 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 19514 142,141 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 27803 59,504 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 28166 21,600,270 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 29514 1,610,225 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 35360 2,347,838 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 38245 997,314 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 39515 570,976 JP Morgan (BGI Custody) - 39525 375,143 JPM Frankfurt 307505 JPMorgan Chase Bank 21,277,955 KAS associates 648,182 Master Trust Bank 261,173 MELLON DIRFO1 653,502 MELLON DIRFO2 151,492 MELLON BANK ABGFZ 4,582,917 MELLON BANK TGGFO 831,774 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN 1,035,689 Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN 333,475 MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 622,460 Mitsubishi Trust International 175,285 MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 3,279,523 Mitsubishi Trust 175,285 Mitsui Asset 139,141 Nordea Bank 509,776 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BOT12 224,269 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - CVS21 1,750,791 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - IPE01 169,089 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - SC006 2,478,501 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - TNF01 527,132 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - TRGO01 811,940 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - UKE01 1,611,874 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - USF12 3,173,535 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 1,550,463 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 1,293,344 NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 335,882 R C Greig Nominees 6,114,965 R C Greig Nominees 13,695,825 R C Greig Nominees AK1 5,098,145 R C Greig Nominees BL1 1,160,274 R C Greig Nominees CM1 490,403 R C Greig Nominees GP1 3,301,213 R C Greig Nominees SA1 1,128,304 Reflex Nominees Limited 10,893 Reflex Nominees Limited 4,025 State Street 2RJ2 803,144 State Street JD12 4,027,386 State Street JFBL 2,199,069 State Street N3B3 44,378 State Street N3B6 396,200 State Street N3YL 36,774 State Street N3YZ 62,926 State Street NE5W 175,440 State Street X346 65,167 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST 1,179,639 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST 46,800 STATE STREET BOSTON 4,309,997 STATE STREET BOSTON 1,119,953 STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA 1,054,121 The Northern Trust Company 745,083 Trust and Custody Services Bank 84,144 Trust and Custody Services Bank 4,975 UBS 293,907 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 691,079 ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 582,098 TOTAL HOLDING 836,615,916 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired Total holding of 836,615,916 shares 6) Percentage of issued class 10.05% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class- N/A 9) Class of security Ordinary shares of 5p in BT Group plc 10) Date of transaction n/a 11) Date company informed 9 August 2006 12) Total holding following this notification Total holding of 836,615,916 shares 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.05% 14) Any additional information This notification updates the previous notification dated 28 July 2006 and is a result of the increase in the total holding of Barclays plc from 673,149,473 to 836,615,916 shares. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Graeme Wheatley, 020 7356 6372 16) Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Graeme Wheatley, 020 7356 6372 Date of notification 9 August 2006 End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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