Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC 18 February 2004 Wednesday, 18 February 2004 BT GROUP PLC TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES BT Group plc announces that it has today purchased through Merrill Lynch International 1,200,000 ordinary shares at a price of 175.5 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, BT Group plc holds 3,700,000 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 8,630,929,038. Ends This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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