Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
24 August 2005


Wednesday 24 August 2005
                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 116,418 ordinary shares at a maximum price of 199.50
pence per share and a minimum price of 185.22 pence per share. The transferred
shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 155,439,683 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,479,803,344.

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