Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
13 October 2004


Wednesday 13 October 2004
                                  BT GROUP PLC
                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES
BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 213,580 ordinary shares at a maximum price of 171 pence
per share and a minimum price of 143 pence per share. The transferred shares
were all formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 88,671,989 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,545,957,049.

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