As required by paragraph 9.11 of the Listing Rules, we advise that the Company
has been informed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. on behalf of itself and its
subsidiaries, in a letter dated 4th December 2003 and received on 11th December
2003, that, as at the close of business on 3rd December 2003, The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc. had increased its holding in EMI Group plc Ordinary Shares of 14p
each to 31,741,747 shares, being 4.02% of the shares in issue.   We were
further notified that 19,957,152 shares were held by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and
11,784,595 shares were beneficially owned by Goldman Sachs International, both
companies being direct subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.



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