As required by paragraph 9.11 of the Listing Rules, we advise that the Company
has been informed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. on behalf of itself and its
subsidiaries, in a letter dated 23rd September 2003 and received on 29th
September 2003, that, as at the close of business on 18th September 2003, The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. had increased its holding such that it had a
notifiable interest in EMI Group plc Ordinary Shares of 14p each and held
23,745,499 shares, being 3.01% of the shares in issue.   We were further
notified that 16,344,079 shares were held by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and 7,401,420
shares were beneficially owned by Goldman Sachs International, both companies
being direct subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.



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