Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
23 August 2006


Wednesday 23 August 2006

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 1,528,437 ordinary shares at a maximum price of 227
pence per share and a minimum price of 146 pence per share. The transferred
shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 304,261,102 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,334,368,361.



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