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Rank Group PLC
29 April 2002

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

THE RANK GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

FMR CORP
FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LTD

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

NOTIFIABLE INTEREST OF COMPANIES IN (2) ABOVE AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

SEE LETTER BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.



6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

25 APR 2002

11)  Date company informed

29 APR 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

23,863,594
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.03%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

CLARE DUFFILL     020 7706 1111

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification .29 APR 2002................

Amendment #4

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:       Rank Group Plc

2. Notifiable Interest:     Ordinary Shares

     A     FMR Corp
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company 
           (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

     B     Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
           P.O. BOX HM 670
           Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

           Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
           including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), and Fidelity
           Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US
           investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

3.     The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of

           Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International
           Limited.

4.     The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
       unit trust schemes in the U.K. notwithstanding the exemption from 
       reporting pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.     These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
       notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for 
       the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate 
       that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
       Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
       or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of 
       the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these 
       notifications on a joint basis.

6.     The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4) (b) of the Act,
       namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled
       to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to 
       control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act
       respectively.

SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: Rank Group Plc                                  Amendment #4


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME

(Ordinary Shares)

                        1,970,710    FMRCO       Chase Nominees Limited
                        1,911,294    FMRCO       State Street Nominees Limited
                        5,155,800    FMRCO       HSBC
                        5,543,555    FISL        Chase Nominees Ltd
                          193,600    FPM         Chase Nominees Ltd
                          271,600    FPM         HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
                                                 (UK) Limited
                           99,800    FPM         Citibank
                          404,200    FPM         Bankers Trust
                          546,400    FIL         Chase Nominees Ltd
                          932,900    FIL         Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                           34,200    FIL         Bankers Trust
                          786,900    FIL         Bank of New York London
                          335,500    FIL         Northern Trust
                        5,677,135    FIL         HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
                                                 (UK) Limited

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 23,863,594

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  4.03%

SHARES IN ISSUE:      592,484,460


                              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 1,000,000 ordinary shares in The Rank Group Plc for 275.23
pence per share on 26th April 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 2,224,389
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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