Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
07 June 2006


Wednesday 7 June 2006

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES


This announcement amends and replaces the announcement (2302E) made earlier
today which contained an incorrect figure.


BT Group plc announces that it has today purchased through JPMorgan Cazenove
Limited 1,500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 232.66 pence per share. The
purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, BT Group plc holds 306,677,409 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,328,795,867.



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