Director Shareholding

Rank Group PLC
21 October 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 372,768 Ordinary shares in The Rank Group Plc for 266.11
pence per share on 18th October 2002, in order to meet part of its anticipated
future requirements for all participating employees under the Company's long
term incentive plan.

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 3,897,157
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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