Director Shareholding

Rank Group PLC
18 September 2002


               
                          THE RANK GROUP Plc
                 
             The Rank Group Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust')

The Trustees of the Trust, established under a Trust Deed dated 4th October
1996, have acquired the following Ordinary shares in The Rank Group Plc in order
to meet part of its anticipated future requirements for all participating
employees under the Company's long term incentive plan.

Number of Shares      Share Price      Date of Purchase

50,000                270.00p          17 September 2002
400,000               266.18p          18 September 2002

As the Trust is a discretionary trust, all executive directors of The Rank Group
Plc are deemed to be interested in the shares held by the Trust. We therefore
advise you that the executive directors of the Company, being members of the
class of potential beneficiaries, are now interested in a total of 3,024,389
Ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company held by the Trustees.

Enquiries:

The Rank Group Plc

 Charles Cormick, Company Secretary 
 Clare Duffill, Company Secretariat Executive

020 7706 1111

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