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RNS Number : 8905B BT Group PLC 03 November 2009

Tuesday 3 November 2009

BT GROUP PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES - VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL

BT Group plc announces that it has today transferred in connection with its employee share plans 4,104 ordinary shares at nil cost. The transferred shares were all formerly held as treasury shares.

BT Group plc's capital consists of 8,151,227,029 ordinary shares with voting rights. Following the above transfer, BT Group plc holds 399,200,102 ordinary shares as treasury shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in BT Group plc is 7,752,026,927

The above figure (7,752,026,927) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, BT Group plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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