RNS Number:6182U
Yell Group plc
26 January 2004


Notification received by the Company on 23 January 2004 at 16:39.

                         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, Merrill
Lynch & Co., Inc. was interested, in a total of 82,780,196 ordinary shares of
the Company representing 11.88% of the issued share capital.


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