Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
27 June 2005


Monday 27 June 2005

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has yesterday transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 4,569,659 ordinary shares at a price of 222.875 pence
per share. The transferred shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 139,317,856 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,495,311,182.


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