1st Dec 2010 15:24
| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | |||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | 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 thenotification obligation: iii | Invesco Limited | ||||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | |||||
| 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | 30 November 2010 | ||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 01 December 2010 | ||||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | 23%, 22% | ||||
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | |||||||||||||||
| Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
| NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights x | |||||||||||
| Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||
| Ordinary 1p shares | 543,456,864 | 543,456,864 | 541,219,634 | 22.92% | |||||||||||
| GB0031718066 | |||||||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/Conversion Period xiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | |||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
| Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to 
 | % of voting rights xix, xx 
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 | Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||
| 541,219,634 | 22.92% | ||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | |||||||||||||||
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 Bank of Ireland (Dublin) 6,744,401 
 Bank of New York - 454,970,915 
 Bank of New York Mellon - 5,266,323 
 Boston Safe Deposit - 666,825 
 Citibank (Hong Kong) - 1,434,320 
 HSBC Bank London - 16,476,241 
 Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh - 1,996,470 
 State Street Trust & Banking Co (Boston) - 437,545 
 State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) - 49,548,128 
 Trust & Custody Services - 113,966 
 Northern Trust Company (London) - 3,384,524 
 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Limited - 179,976 
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| Proxy Voting: | |||||||||||||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | |||||||||||||||
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | |||||||||||||||
| 13. Additional information: | |||||||||||||||
| 14. Contact name: | Sam Edwards | ||||||||||||||
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 01491 413681 | ||||||||||||||
| 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) 
 | Invesco Limited | 
| Contact address (registered office for legal entities) 
 | Registered Office 30 Finsbury Square London EC2A 1AG | 
| Phone number & email 
 | 01491 417404 | 
| Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons) 
 | Fax: 01491 417309 | 
| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable | |
| Full name 
 | Yell Group plc | 
| Contact address 
 | One Reading Central, Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 3YL | 
| Phone number & email 
 | +44 (0) 118 358 2501 [email protected] | 
| Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) | N/A | 
| C: Additional information | |
| For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. | |
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