RNS Number:9627T
Yell Group plc
07 January 2004

7th January 2004


                         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 5 January 2004, The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc. was interested, by attribution only, in a total of 29,030,342
ordinary shares of the Company representing 4.17% of the issued share capital.
The shares were registered as follows:


Holder                                                  Number of Shares

Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited                   32,000

Goldman Sachs International Acc: CREPTEMP                 28,998,342




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