RNS Number:1772P
Yell Group plc
29 August 2003

29 August 2003



                         Yell Group plc ("the Company")

                    Disclosure of Interest in Share Capital


The Company has received notification, pursuant to sections 198 to 203 of the
Companies Act 1985, that, as at close on 26 August 2003, The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc. was interested, by attribution only, in a total of 34,344,742
ordinary shares of the Company representing 4.94% of the issued share capital.
The shares were registered as follows:


Holder                                                       Number of Shares
Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited                     740,000
Goldman Sachs International Acc: CREPTEMP                    33,604,742





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