HIBU.L Regulatory News (HIBU)

7 Apr 2005 14:50

Yell Group plc07 April 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company Yell Group Plc. 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity InternationalLimited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. Both being non-beneficial holders. 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 As 2. above. 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Holder Management Company Holding State Street Hong Kong FIA(K)L 27,200Bank of New York Europe LDN FII 2,790,796JP Morgan, Bournemouth FII 648,000Bank of New York Brussels FIL 91,900BNP Paribas, Paris (C) FIL 16,240Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux FIL 28,248,902JP Morgan, Bournemouth FIL 1,313,100National ASTL BK Melbourne FIL 746,900Northern Trust London FIL 437,510State STR BK and TR Co LNDN FIL 187,730JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 25,055,327Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. FMRCO 12,200JP Morgan Chase Bank FMRCO 9,132,830Northern Trust London FMRCO 229,000State Street Bank and TR Co. FMRCO 2,133,770Bank of New York FMTC 298,400Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. FMTC 1,044,400JP Morgan Chase Bank FMTC 354,900Morgan Stanley and Co. Inc. FMTC 13,000Northern Trust Co. FMTC 479,400State Street Bank and TR Co. FMTC 988,716Bank of New York Brussels FPM 2,334,108Bank of New York Europe LDN FPM 160,600Chase Manhattan London FPM 23,100Chase Manhttn BK AG Frankfurt FPM 169,300Citibank London FPM 261,900Clydesdale Bank Plc. FPM 188,500Dexia Privatbank FPM 19,300HSBC Bank Plc. FPM 599,800JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 5,478,900JP Morgan Chase Bank FPM 95,500Mellon Bank FPM 535,200Nordea Bank AB FPM 54,000Northern Trust London FPM 6,141,558State STR BK and TR Co. London FPM 3,265,786Group Holding 93,577,773 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 2,492,635 Ordinary Shares 6. Percentage of issued class Not Disclosed. 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed Not Disclosed. 8. Percentage of issued class Not Disclosed. 9. Class of security Ordinary 1p Shares 10. Date of transaction Not Disclosed - Balance as at 06 April 2005 11. Date company informed 07 April 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 93,577,773 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 13.29% - Based on an issued share capital figure of 703,907,730 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Melissa BolgerCompany Secretarial Assistant+ 44 (0) 118 990 3133 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification Miss Melissa Bolger Date of notification 7 April 2005 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange