2nd Jun 2008 16:59
Monday 2 June 2008
BT GROUP PLC
TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES - VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL
BT Group plc announces that it has today purchased through JPMorgan Cazenove Limited 2,500,000 ordinary shares at a price of 219.16 pence per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.
BT Group plc's capital consists of 8,401,227,029 ordinary shares with voting rights. Following the above purchase, BT Group plc holds 672,664,993 ordinary shares as treasury shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in BT Group plc is 7,728,562,036.
The above figure (7,728,562,036) 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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