Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
15 November 2006


Wednesday 15 November 2006

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES


BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employee share schemes 557,159 ordinary shares at a maximum price
of 263 pence per share and a minimum price of 154 pence per share. The
transferred shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.


Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 328,057,062 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,312,265,586.


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