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 21st January 2004, and received on 26th January
2004, that, as at the close of business on 20th January 2004, The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc. had decreased its interest in EMI Group plc Ordinary Shares of 14p
each to 30,663,160 shares, being 3.89% of the shares in issue.   We were
further notified that 22,298,837 shares were held by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and
8,364,323 shares were beneficially owned by Goldman Sachs International, both
companies being direct subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.



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