1st Aug 2006 11:04
Yell Group plc01 August 2006 August 1, 2006 YELL ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF TPI DEAL Yell Group plc ("Yell") today announced the closing of its acquisition of theSpanish directories business Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion S.A. ("TPI") on31 July 2006. Yell secured ownership of 94.25% of the shares in TPI through itssuccessful public tender offer which closed on 24 July 2006. Ends Enquiries Yell - Investors:Jill SherrattTel +44 (0) 118 950 6984Mobile +44 (0) 7764 879 808 Yell - MediaJon SalmonTel +44 (0) 119 950 6656Mobile +44 (0) 7801 977 340 NOTES TO EDITORS YELL GROUP Yell is an international directories business operating in classifiedadvertising markets in the United Kingdom, United States, continental Europe andLatin America through printed, online and telephone-based media. In the year ended March, 2006, Yell published 113 directories in the UnitedKingdom and 835 in the United States. In the United Kingdom, where it is aleading player in the classified advertising market, it served 462,000 uniqueadvertisers. In the United States, where it is the leading independentdirectories business, it served 622,000 unique advertisers. Yell's principal brands include: in the United Kingdom, Yellow Pages, Yell.comand Yellow Pages 118 24 7, in the United States, Yellow Book and Yellowbook.com,and in Spain, Paginas Amarillas and PaginasAmarillas.es. All these brands aretrademarks. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
HIBU.L