The Rank Group Plc ("Rank")
- Annual Information Update
Rank announces that in accordance with the requirements of Prospectus Rule 5.2, the following information has been published or made available to the public during the 12 month period which ended on 31 March 2012 in compliance with laws and rules dealing with the regulation of securities, issuers of securities and securities markets.
For the purposes of this update the information is only referred to and full copies of each item can be found at the following locations:
§ Market announcements, report and accounts and other regulatory documents can be inspected at the National Storage Mechanism www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
§ Reports and accounts are also available on the website, www.rank.com or from the Company Secretary, The Rank Group Plc, Statesman House, Stafferton Way, Maidenhead SL6 1AY.
Some of the information referred to below may be out of date at the submission of this Annual Information Update.
1. ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE
All of the documents listed below were published via RNS, a Regulatory News Service provided by the London Stock Exchange, on the dates indicated.
Date |
Nature and Brief Description of Information |
|
APRIL 2011 |
06.04.2011 |
Annual Information Update for the year ended 31 March 2011 |
06.04.2011 |
Blocklisting 6 monthly return - 1 October 2010 to 31 March 2011 |
14.04.2011 |
Interim Management Statement: 15 weeks to 10 April 2011 |
14.04.2011 |
Directorate change - Peter Johnson announces retirement on appointment of successor |
14.04.2011 |
Result of AGM |
|
MAY 2011 |
03.05.2011 |
Notification of voting rights and capital - Update 12 - 390,542,435 ordinary 138/9p shares |
06.05.2011 |
Guoco Group Limited - mandatory cash offer for Rank |
09.05.2011 |
Rule 2.10 announcement - 390,556,247 ordinary 138/9p shares |
10.05.2011 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Genting Berhad = below 3% |
11.05.2011 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Hong Leong = 40.8% |
16.05.2011 |
Rule 2.10 announcement - 390,574,202 ordinary 138/9p shares |
16.05.2011 |
Rule 8(OPD) - opening position of Rank directors |
17.05.2011 |
Response to Guoco Group Limited offer posting |
17.05.2011 |
Rule 8(OPD) - amended opening position of Rank directors |
23.05.2011 |
Rule 2.10 announcement - 390,600,444 ordinary 138/9p shares |
26.05.2011 |
Response to Guoco Group Limited offer document |
31.05.2011 |
Rule 2.10 announcement - 390,607,350 ordinary 138/9p shares |
|
JUNE 2011 |
01.06.2011 |
Notification of voting rights and capital - Update 13 - 390,607,305 ordinary 138/9p shares |
06.06.2011 |
Rule 2.10 announcement - 390,608,731 ordinary 138/9p shares |
08.06.2011 |
Response to Guoco Group Limited's offer update |
09.06.2011 |
Response to Guoco Group Limited's offer update |
14.06.2011 |
Director/PDMR Shareholding - Richard Greenhalgh buys 1,290 shares, John Warren buys 1,486 shares, Bill Shannon buys 837 shares and Owen O'Donnell buys 1,298 shares |
15.06.2011 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Legal & General = below 3% |
15.06.2011 |
Director/PDMR Shareholding - Ian Burke buys 14,000 shares |
15.06.2011 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Hong Leong = 56.40% |
16.06.2011 |
Director/PDMR Shareholding - LTIP share vest to chief executive, finance director and company secretary |
16.06.2011 |
Notification of directors' interests in shares - The Rank Group Employee Benefit Trust |
16.06.2011 |
Date notification - trading statement for 25 weeks to 19 June 2011 |
23.06.2011 |
Trading statement for 25 weeks to 19 June 2011 |
23.06.2011 |
Response to Guoco Group Limited's offer final closing date |
27.06.2011 |
Response to Guoco Group Limited's statement |
28.06.2011 |
Directorate change - resignations of Ian Burke and Paddy Gallagher |
28.06.2011 |
Response to Guoco Group Limited's statement |
29.06.2011 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Hong Leong = 57.20% |
30.06.2011 |
Holding statement in response to Guoco Group Limited's announcement |
|
JULY 2011 |
02.04.2011 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Hong Leong = 68.10% |
04.07.2011 |
Response to Guoco Group Limited's statement and Directorate change - re-appointment of Ian Burke |
04.07.2011 |
Notification of voting rights and capital - Update 14 - 390,613,426 ordinary 138/9p shares |
05.07.2011 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Hong Leong = 85.70% |
07.07.2011 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Hong Leong = 77.86% |
11.07.2011 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Hong Leong = 74.8% |
13.07.2011 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Hong Leong = 71.50% |
18.07.2011 |
Closure of Guoco Group Limited's mandatory cash offer |
18.07.2011 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Hong Leong = 71.50% |
09.07.2011 |
Date notification - release of Interim Results for H1 2011 |
27.07.2011 |
Directorate change - appointment of Clive Jennings |
28.07.2012 |
Interim Results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2011 |
|
AUGUST 2011 |
03.08.2011 |
Director/PDMR Shareholding - Bill Shannon buys 5,775 shares |
04.08.2011 |
Director/PDMR Shareholding - LTIP share award to finance director |
10.08.2011 |
Director/PDMR Shareholding - Bill Shannon buys 5,000 shares |
|
SEPTEMBER 2011 |
15.09.2011 |
Director/PDMR Shareholding - Richard Greenhalgh buys 1,427 shares, John Warren buys 1,474 shares, Bill Shannon buys 909 shares and Owen O'Donnell buys 1,529 shares |
26.09.2011 |
Date notification - trading statement for 42 weeks to 16 October 2011 |
|
OCTOBER 2011 |
03.10.2011 |
Blocklisting Interim Review - for the 6 months to 30 September 2011 |
21.10.2011 |
Interim Management Statement - 42 weeks to 16 October 2011 |
|
NOVEMBER 2011 |
10.11.2011 |
Rank VAT case - European Court decision |
|
DECEMBER 2011 |
06.12.2011 |
Rank VAT case - HMRC confirms Rank's bingo claims |
08.12.2011 |
Director declaration - Tim Scoble resigns from board of GuocoLeisure Limited |
15.12.2011 |
Directorate change - appointment of Colin Child with effect from 1 January 2012 |
|
JANUARY 2012 |
03.01.2012 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Hong Leong: event changing breakdown of voting rights (74.51%) |
20.01.2012 |
Date notification - 2nd interim results for the six months to 31 December 2011 |
30.01.2012 |
Rank confirmation of talks with Gala Coral Group regarding Gala Casinos |
|
FEBRUARY 2012 |
09.02.2012 |
2nd interim results for the six months to 31 December 2011 |
|
MARCH 2012 |
12.03.2012 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Prudential plc = 5.85% |
29.03.2012 |
Rank statement re: termination of talks with Gala Coral Group regarding Gala Casinos |
29.03.2012 |
Notification of major interest in shares - Ameriprise Financial, Inc. = 5.028% |
30.03.2012 |
Directorate change - appointment of Sir Richard Needham with effect from 1 May 2012 |
2. DOCUMENTS FILED AT COMPANIES HOUSE
The Company has submitted filings to Companies House in relation to:
- the Company's annual return and group accounts;
- the appointment of three directors;
- the resignation of four directors;
- change of accounting reference date to 30 June;
- nine statements of capital
- special resolution regarding notice of EGMs; and
- change of SAIL address
Upon payment of a fee, copies of these documents can be found on the Companies House website at http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/
or (for registered users) through Companies House Direct at
http://direct.companieshouse.gov.uk/
or can be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff CF14 3UZ.
Further information regarding Rank and its activities can be located on the Company's website www.rank.com
Frances Bingham
Company Secretary
+44 1628 504 250
2 April 2012