Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
15 September 2006


Friday 15 September 2006

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES


BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to Cazenove Group Limited
46,063 ordinary shares. The transferred shares were all formerly held as
treasury shares. The shares will be used to satisfy an award granted under the
BT Group Retention Share Plan.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 316,888,090 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,321,741,373.



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