Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:5581U
Yell Group plc
22 January 2004

 Notification Received by the Company on 22 January 2004



                         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 16 January 2004, 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 98,698,066 ordinary shares of the Company representing 14.20% of the issued
share capital.  The shares are registered as follows:

 Holder                                                     Number of Shares


Chase Nominees Limited                                            12,946,030
State Street Nominees Limited                                      1,235,370
State Street Bank & Trust Company                                  2,080,300
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd                                    100
State Street Nominees Ltd                                          2,080,100
Lloyds Bank Nominees Ltd                                             715,200
BT Globenet Nominees Ltd                                           1,045,600
MSCO                                                                  75,600
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                   899,200
Bank Of New York                                                     253,100
State Street Bank & Trust                                          1,254,100
Mellon Bank                                                          178,700
JP Morgan                                                            197,600
Nortrust Nominees                                                      2,600
Bank Of New York - Europe                                            100,100
Northern Trust                                                        45,264
Sumitomo T & B                                                       308,500
MSS Nominees Ltd                                                     289,900
Goldman Sachs & Co                                                    43,800
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                       22,258,129
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                 2,259,866
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                   631,800
Northern Trust                                                     1,121,800
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                 1,639,900
Deutsche Bank                                                         65,300
Citibank                                                             179,200
Bank Of New York London                                              481,300
Mellon Nominees Ltd                                                  135,300
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd                                390,400
HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd                             21,588,877
Northern Trust                                                     3,916,000
Bank Of New York London                                            4,368,151
Bank Of New York Brussels                                            464,400
Nortrust Nominees Ltd                                              1,256,800
MSS Nominees Ltd                                                   1,385,350
Chase Nominees Ltd                                                 3,499,400
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                        2,827,818
Deutsche Bank                                                        638,900
State Street Bank & Trust                                          2,022,780
JP Morgan                                                          2,786,085
Citibank                                                             151,700
Mellon Nominees Ltd                                                  107,000
Master Trust Bank of Japan                                            29,500
Japan Trustee Svcs Bk Ltd                                             14,900
National Australia Bank                                               82,500
PICG                                                                   9,500
Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt                                    170,500
Bankers Trust                                                        176,000
ING Luxembourg                                                        25,646
Bermuda Far East                                                      30,600
State Street Hong Kong                                                11,900
Mitsubishi Trust                                                      10,500
Chuo Trust Bank                                                       12,600
Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX                                      33,400
State Street Nominees Ltd                                            215,100




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