Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
08 April 2004


Thursday, 8 April 2004


                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 227,516 ordinary shares at prices between 139 pence and
154 pence per share.  The transferred shares were all formerly held as treasury
shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 44,121,484 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.  The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,590,507,554.


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