Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

BT Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

-

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

-

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

-

Other (please specify):

-

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Orange S.A. and Orange Telecommunications Group Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

Registered holder:

Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

Friday 29 January 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

Friday 29 January 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

4% (increased from 0% to 4%)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares of £0.05 each

(ISIN Code: GB0030913577) indirectly held by Orange S.A.

-

-

-

-

398,725,107

-

4

Ordinary shares of £0.05 each

(ISIN Code: GB0030913577) directly held by Orange Telecommunications Group Limited

-

-

398,725,107

398,725,107

-

4

-

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

-

-

-

-

-

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

-

-

-

-

-

Nominal

Delta

-

-

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

398,725,107

4

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Orange S.A. owns the entire issued share capital of Orange Telecommunications Group Limited. Orange Telecommunications Group Limited has acquired the shares.

Note: The shares are registered in the name of Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited as nominee of Orange Telecommunications Group Limited.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

N/A

14. Contact name:

Anna Watch

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7356 5158