Transaction in Own Shares

BT Group PLC
12 August 2005


Friday 12August 2005
                                  BT GROUP PLC

                           TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

BT Group plc announces that it has today purchased through JPMorgancazenove
ordinary shares at a price of 219.0113 pence per share. The purchased shares
will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, BT Group plc holds 148,727,713 ordinary shares as
treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares
held as treasury shares) is 8,486,515,314.

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