Holding(s) in Company

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Yell Group plc

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon 75008 Paris and its group of companies 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

14/07/2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15/07/2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

17%

8. Notified details:

Class/type of shares 

 if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights 

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 1p

GB0031718066

122,021,812

122,021,812

11,919,407

11,919,407

127,303,875

1.53

16.30

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

Type of financial instrument 

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date 

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. 

% of voting rights

N/A

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

139,223,282

17.82%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Name of the Company/ Fund

Number of Shares

% of issued share capital

AXA Sun Life plc (fmly Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc)

Direct

400,000

0.05121

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X

Direct

955,000

0.12226

AXA UK Investment Co ICVC

UK Growth Fund

Indirect

370,000

0.04737

PPP Healthcare Group plc

Direct

30,000

0.00384

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd

Direct

195,000

0.02496

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c

Direct

220,000

0.02817

Sun Life Assurance Society Plc

Direct

200,000

0.02560

AXA Insurance UK

Direct

100,000

0.01280

AXA UK Group Pension Scheme

Indirect

70,000

0.00896

AXA General Unit Trust

Indirect

935,000

0.11970

AXA Financial, Inc

Indirect

125,624,449

16.08301

Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd

Direct

600,000

0.07681

AXA France

Indirect

36,426

0.00466

AXA Australia

Indirect

268,000

0.03431

Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd

Direct

85,105

0.01090

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd

LTAV UK Equity

Direct

240,000

0.03073

Sun Life Unit AssuranceLtd

ABL High Alpha

Direct

843,430

0.10798

Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd

FTSE All Share Tracker

Direct

131,841

0.01688

Sun Life Pensions Management

LTAV UK Equity

Direct

900,000

0.11522

Sun Life Pensions Management 

ABL High Alpha

Direct

5,357,990

0.68595

Sun Life Pensions Management

FTSE All Share Tracker

Direct

667,119

0.08541

AXA Winterthur

Direct

200,130

0.02562

Axa Sun Life With Profits Passive

Direct

530,233

0.06788

Axa Sun Life With Profits Passive

Direct

263,559

0.03374

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Terry Marsh

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7003 2637

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)

AXA S.A and its group of companies

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)

25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris

Phone number 

(020) 7003 2637

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

AXA IM UK is a 100% direct subsidiary of AXA IM S.A., which is in turn indirectly wholly owned by AXA S.A.

B:  Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name 

Alison Stanesby

Contact address 

Yell Group plc, Queens Walk, Oxford Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7PT

Phone number 

+44 (0) 118 960 3437

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

N/A

C: Additional information

N/A