HIBU.L Regulatory News (HIBU)

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

yes

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:

Invesco Limited

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:

02 September 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

04 September 2009

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

22%, 23%

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

 Ordinary 1 p shares

175,228,958

175,228,958

182,165,090

182,165,090

23.17%

 GB0031718066

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

182,165,090

23.17%

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

Brown Brothers Harriman (New Jersey) - 2,100,415

Bank of Ireland (Dublin) - 3,929,878

Bank of New York - 139,067,037

Bank Paribas - 839,642

Bank of New York (Brussels) - 347,360

Citibank (Hong Kong) - 1,506,187

JP Morgan Chase - 11,313,253

Citibank - 1,041,038

HSBC Nominees - 2,831,207

Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh - 874,254

State Street Trust & Banking Co (London) - 16,286,259

Trust & Custody Services - 46,220

Northern Trust Company (London) - 1,269,232

Other - 713,108

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:

Elaine Coleman

15. Contact telephone number:

01491 417394

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

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)

Invesco Limited

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)

Phone number 

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, Berkshire, RG1 7PT

Phone number 

+44 (0) 118 950 6501

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