Director Shareholding

Rank Group PLC
24 September 2003


                             THE RANK GROUP Plc

               The Rank Group Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust')

The Trustee of the Trust, established under a Trust Deed dated 4th October 1996,
has acquired 500,000 Ordinary shares in The Rank Group Plc for 268.35 pence per
share on 23rd September 2003, 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 2,752,076
Ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company held by the Trustee.

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Enquiries:
The Rank Group Plc
Charles Cormick, Company Secretary 
020 7706 1111


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