Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rank Group PLC
06 December 2007

The Rank Group Plc ('Rank')

- Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial 
  responsibilities

On 1 December 2007 the restricted shares which were awarded to the following
persons under the terms of the Company's 2006 Deferred Share Bonus Plan ('the
Plan') duly vested in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and were
released to the participants by the Trustees on 6 December 2007, after the
withholding and sale of sufficient shares in order to satisfy the personal
income tax and national insurance contribution liabilities of the recipients:


                                     Gross Number of Ordinary Number of Ordinary          Net Number of Ordinary
                                     Shares Released by       Shares Sold                 Shares Transferred to
                                     Trustees:                (at 105p per share):        Participant:

Director:

Ian Burke,                           47,887                   19,634                      28,253
Chief Executive

Peter Gill,                          34,178                   14,013                      20,165
Finance Director

PDMR:

Pamela Coles,                        17,577                   7,207                       10,370
Company Secretary


The restricted shares were originally awarded under the Plan in April 2007 upon
the satisfactory achievement of a stretching operating profit target for the
Gaming division in 2006. The value of the awards was equivalent to 20% of 2006
base salaries with final vesting deferred until December 2007 in order to aid
key staff retention.

The notifiable beneficial share interests in the Ordinary 13 8/9p Shares of The
Rank Group Plc are now as follows:
                                     Number of Ordinary       Net Number of Ordinary      Number of Ordinary
                                     Shares held prior to the Shares Transferred to       Shares held following the
                                     Transfer:                Participant:                Transfer:

Director:

Ian Burke,                           47,300                   28,253                      75,553
Chief Executive

Peter Gill,                          17,200                   20,165                      37,365
Finance Director

PDMR:

Pamela Coles,                        Nil                      10,370                      10,370
Company Secretary

Following the sale or transfer of a total of 240,174 Ordinary 13 8/9p Shares on
6 December 2007 to satisfy awards vesting under the Plan, the Trustees of the
Rank Group Employee Benefit Trust (the 'Trust') are currently interested in
1,059,826 Ordinary 13 8/9p Shares in The Rank Group Plc (representing 0.27% of
the present issued share capital).

The Trust holds Rank shares in order to satisfy, in due course, the obligation
to release shares to participants who have been granted restricted awards of
shares under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plans and, by virtue of the Trust
Deed, the Executive Directors of The Rank Group Plc are deemed to be
beneficially interested in all of the Rank Ordinary Shares held by the Trust.


6 December 2007

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