Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
13 July 2006


Thursday 13 July 2006

                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred to participants in its
employees share schemes 13,159 ordinary shares at prices of between 154p and
165p per share. The transferred shares were all formerly held as treasury
shares.

Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 310,135,349 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,327,877,202.



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