RNS Number:6435T
Yell Group plc
23 December 2003

23 December 2003

                         Yell Group plc ("the Company")

                    Disclosure of Interest in Share Capital



The Company has received notification, pursuant to sections 198 to 202 of the
Companies Act 1985, that as at 19 December 2003, FMR Corp. and its direct and
indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited ("FIL") and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders, have an interest
in 42,878,905 ordinary shares of the Company representing 6.17% of the issued
share capital.  The shares are registered as follows:

 Holder                                                                                   Number of Shares


Chase Nominees Limited                                                                           6,154,200
State Street Nominees Limited                                                                      592,900
State Street Bank & Trust Company                                                                  938,700
State Street Nominees Ltd                                                                          144,400
Lloyds Bank Nominees Ltd                                                                            13,200
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                                                                            23,600
MSCO                                                                                                 1,300
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                                                  18,100
Bank Of New York                                                                                     6,600
State Street Bank & Trust                                                                           64,500
Mellon Bank                                                                                          4,600
JP Morgan                                                                                            3,800
Nortrust Nominees                                                                                      200
Bank Of New York - Europe                                                                            3,400
Northern Trust                                                                                         900
Sumitomo T & B                                                                                       5,000
MSS Nominees Ltd                                                                                     7,900
Goldman Sachs & Co                                                                                     800
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                                                      9,326,200
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                                               1,670,862
Northern Trust                                                                                     609,300
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                                               1,301,300
Deutsche Bank                                                                                       44,600
Citibank                                                                                            91,500
Bank Of New York London                                                                            342,200
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd                                                           13,369,894
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                                                        839,472
Northern Trust                                                                                   2,049,200
Bank Of New York London                                                                          1,790,000
Bank Of New York Brussels                                                                          154,300
State Street Bank & Trust                                                                           53,900
Deutsche Bank                                                                                       89,700
Citibank                                                                                            66,900
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                                                              588,100
MSS Nominees Ltd                                                                                   176,250
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                                               2,076,900
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                                                        102,427
Deutsche Bank                                                                                        8,100
State Street Bank & Trust                                                                           42,600
JP Morgan                                                                                           73,100
Citibank                                                                                             4,000
Mellon Nominees Ltd                                                                                  4,600
Master Trust Bank of Japan                                                                             800
Japan Trustee Svcs Bk Ltd                                                                              800
Bank of New York, Brussels                                                                           3,200
National Australia Bank                                                                              2,700
PICG                                                                                                   500
Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt                                                                    3,200
Bankers Trust                                                                                        3,000
ING Luxembourg                                                                                         700
Bermuda Far East                                                                                     1,400
State Street Hong Kong                                                                                 700
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                                                                1,400
Mitsubishi Trust                                                                                       300
Chuo Trust Bank                                                                                        700






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