RNS Number:5783U
Yell Group plc
23 January 2004

Notification received by the Company on 23 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 of business on 21 January 2004, The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was interested, by attribution only, in a total of
41,057,684 ordinary shares of the Company representing 5.89% of the issued share
capital.  The shares were registered as follows:

Holder                                                   Shares

Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited              32,000

Goldman Sachs International, Acc: CREPTEMP            41,025,684



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