Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
29 June 2005


Wednesday 29 June 2005
                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 132,141 ordinary shares at a minimum price of 183.6
pence and a maximum price of 218 pence per share. The transferred shares were
all formerly held as treasury shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 139,185,715 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,495,443,323.

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