Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

Yell Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

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

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

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

notification obligation:

Barclays plc

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

Barclays Bank plc

Barclays Global Investors Ltd

Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd

Gerrard Investment Management Ltd

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the 

threshold is crossed or reached:

16 October 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

19 October 2009

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

below notifiable % to 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

GB0031718066

10,765,483

10,765,483

39,287,931

0

39,287,931

0.00%

5.00%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

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

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

39,287,931

5.00%

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

Barclays Bank plc

Barclays Global Investors Ltd

Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd

Gerrard Investment Management Ltd

Proxy Voting:

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:

Geoff Smith

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7116 2913

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share

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

Full name 

(including legal form of legal entities)

Barclays Bank plc

Contact address 

(registered office for legal entities)

Barclays Compliance, 1 Churchill Place, 

London, E14 5HP

Phone number & email

020 7116 2913

[email protected]

Other useful information 

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Yell Group plc

Contact address

Queens Walk, Oxford Road, Reading, RG1 7PT

Phone number & email

+44 (0) 118 950 6501 Alison.S[email protected]

Other useful information

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

C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.