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PRESS RELEASE

Marc CABARET 
CFO 
Tel.: +33 (0)1 46 96 00 40

Puteaux - 9 March 2009

CLOSING OF THE BUYOUT OFFER FOLLOWED BY A SQUEEZE OUT ON THE SHARES OF THE
COMPANY NET2S S.A.

NOTICE TO INFORM THE TERMINATION OF NET2S PUBLIC ISSUER STATUS

The shares of the company Net2S S.A., admitted on trading on the compartiment C
of the Euronext Paris stock market under code 1S1N FR0000075921, which
constitute the sole financial instruments offered to the public and issued by
the company:

   * have been subject to a buyout offer followed by a squeeze out from February
     17 2009 to March 2 2009 included, which has resulted in the publication of
     a joint information note which received the visa n°09-036 dated 12 February
     2009 from the French Market Authority, the of which has been published by
     notice n° 209 C 0360 dated 3 février 2009 from the French Market Authority;

   * have been in consequence subject to trading resumption from Euronext Paris
    (compartiment C) on 3 March 2009 and are no longer traded on any regulated
    financial market whatsoever ;
   
   * are, since this trading resumption, entirely held by the company BT Group
     plc (with the exception of 74,947 treasury shares and 65,833 shares held
     under employee share schemes which are subject to certain lock up periods).

In consequence, and in accordance with article 215-1 of the general regulation
of the French Market Authority, the company Net2S S.A. is no longer issuing
financial instruments to the public as from the publication of the present
notice.
                      
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