H1 08 Interim Results for the six months ended 30 September November 2007

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2 John Davis, CFO John Condron, CEO Agenda Financials Introduction Strategic update

Financials John Davis CFO

4 Headline results Adjusted earnings figures stated before exceptional items and amortisation throughout this presentation Six months ended 30 September 2007 (£m)Actual Growth Growth at constant FX Revenue %17.7% Adjusted EBITDA %22.4% Adjusted EBITDA margin33.1% Operating cash flow %17.3% Cash conversion88.1% Adjusted diluted earnings per share14.6p5.8% Underlying adjusted diluted earnings per share15.7p9.0% Total dividends per share6.3p10.5%

5 Yell UK results Six months ended 30 September 2006 £m 2007 £m Change Revenue Printed directories (4.4%) Yell.com % Other % Yell UK % EBITDA Printed directories (7.2%) Yell.com % Other products & services (18.0%) Yell UK % Margin 37.9%38.1%

6 Yellow Book USA revenue growth Contribution to revenue growth (%) Organic growth 1.9%

7 Yellow Book USA results Six months ended 30 September 2006 £m 2007 £m Change Revenue Printed directories at constant FX % Yellowbook.com at constant FX % Yellow Book USA at constant FX % Exchange impact-(34.1) Yellow Book USA (3.4%) EBITDA Yellow Book USA at constant FX % Exchange impact -(9.8) Yellow Book USA (1.6%) Margin 28.1%28.6%

8 Yell Publicidad results Six months ended 30 September 2007 £m Yell Publicidad revenue163.4 Underlying Spanish print directories 3.8% Yell Publicidad EBITDA 56.2 Margin 34.4% Q3 phasing Directory rescheduling to Q4 Heavy investment

9 Cash Group cash conversion 88% £m

10 Analysis of debt At 30 September 2007 £m Net loans and other borrowings (3,737.2) Cash47.7 Net debt(3,689.5)  39% $ denominated  38% £ denominated  23% € denominated  c.96% of debt fixed until Dec 2009 falling to c.50% until March 2011

11 Adjusted diluted earnings per share Six months ended 30 September 2006 p 2007 p Change Actual Diluted EPS % Exceptional3.2(0.9) Amortisation Adjusted Diluted EPS % Timing of TPI equity placing0.4 Phasing of profit0.7 US exchange rate 0.4 Tax phasing0.2 Underlying Adjusted Diluted EPS % Note: Exceptionals include a £11.8m credit before tax (£7.4m after tax) – releasing class action accruals and a £0.4m charge relating to a UK tax rate change. Exceptionals for the same period last year comprise £36.3m (£24.9 m after tax) of refinancing costs.

12 Financial summary  Group on track to meet full year expectations  Investing assuming acceleration of growth in FY 09  Online increasingly important driver of growth  Dividends up just ahead of underlying earnings Confidence looking forward across the Group

Strategic update John Condron CEO

14 Yell UK - win, keep, grow  Total UK live advertisers at 30 Sept –Live advertisers down 1% to 488,000  Yellow Pages and print –Advertisers down 4.7% –Retention stable at 74% –ARPA up 0.3% after rate cut of 3.3%  Yell.com –Advertisers up 14.3%; 33% increase in Yell.com-only advertisers –Unique usersup 8.1% in Sept; up 16% on 12 month average –RASA up 31.5%

15 Yell UK initiatives  Selling under new regulatory settlement for print –RPI-1% = 3.6% average increase in rate cards –Extensive discounting to win, keep and grow  Yell.com –Converting new customers – print and non-print –Continuing monetisation of usage –Investing in usage

16 Yellow Book USA - win, keep, grow  Yellow Book –Advertisers down 4.9% (c 50% rescheduling) –Retention down 1% to 69% –ARPA up 7.1%  Yellowbook.com –Advertisers down 6.2% (pricing more fully) –Unique visitors up 48.1% –RASA up 76.3%

17 Yellow Book USA initiatives  Rate of competitor launches slowing –Down c 25% on first 10 months last year  Print usage still strong  Actions to address competition –Sharpened execution –Incentivised salesforce  Continued investment in brand and product – print and online  Diversity of classifications and markets Yellowbook.com a key focus

18 Yell Publicidad initiatives  Back to basics –Products rationalised –Pricing and discounts simplified –Targeting  Synergies and efficiencies –Paper, print, pre-press  Year of transition - investment –Usage –Sales force –Unbundling online –De-risking revenue

19 In summary  Strengthened foundations in all markets  Continued investment in brands and products  Channel-neutral - rapid online growth  Power of sales forces - win, keep and grow Confidence for the future

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