Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9694W

BT Group PLC

07 February 2012

 



Tuesday 7 February 2012

BT GROUP PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES - VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred in connection with its employee share plans 279,325 ordinary shares at a minimum price 61 pence per share and a maximum price of 185 pence per share. The transferred shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.

BT Group plc's capital consists of 8,151,227,029 ordinary shares with voting rights. Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 374,237,669 ordinary shares as treasury shares.  Therefore, the total number of voting rights in BT Group plc is 7,776,989,360

The above figure (7,776, 989,360) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, BT Group plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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