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Rank Group PLC 4 October 2000 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE RANK GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL 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 COMPANY IN (2) ABOVE AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE SCHEDULE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 6) ( - %) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) ( - %) of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 4 OCT 2000 11) Date company informed 4 OCT 2000 12) Total holding following this notification 22,860,679 SHARES OF 10p EACH 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.282% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Simon Watkins Tel: 020 7535 8131 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ....4 OCTOBER 2000.... Letter to: The Rank Group plc Letter dated: 03 October 2000 Disclosure of Material Interest in Shares Companies Act 1985 Section 198 I hereby inform you that as at 29 September 2000 Devon County Council has a material interest in the following shares in your company: Registered Holder: Chase Nominees Ltd. Amount of Shares: 21,211,398 Percentage of Holding: 3.046% Please note that the County Council does not have a direct holding in the above mentioned shares but that it is an interested party in these shares by virtue of its relationship with Hermes Lens Asset Management Limited. Please also note that in addition to the above holding, Devon County Council has a separate interest in the following shares in your company. Registered Holder: State Street Nominees Ltd. - A/c XB1B Amount of Shares: 198,000 Percentage of Holding: 0.028% Registered Holder: Phildrew Nominees Ltd. - A/c DCC Amount of Shares: 1,451,281 Percentage of Holding: 0.208% Letter from: Devon County Council DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE RANK GROUP Plc 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST The Capital Group Companies Inc On behalf of its affiliates, including Capital Guardian Trust Co., Capital Intnl Ltd Capital Intnl SA, Capital Intnl Inc 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 COMPANY IN (2) ABOVE AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. See Schedule below 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 6) ( - %) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) ( - %) of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 27 SEPT 2000 11) Date company informed 4 OCT 2000 12) Total holding following this notification 50,623,278 SHARES OF 10p EACH 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 7.27% 14) Any additional information Figures on this form based on issued share capital of 696,270,502 shares and not 697,281,000 as indicated below 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Simon Watkins Tel. 020 7535 8131 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ...4 OCTOBER 2000..... Letter to: The Rank Group Plc Dated: 27 September 2000 SECTION 198 NOTIFICATION Notification of Decrease This Notice is given by The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on behalf of its affiliates, including Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International Limited, Capital International S.A., and Capital International, Inc., pursuant to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985. The interest in the relevant share capital indicated below arises by virtue of holdings attributed to the Companies (see Schedule A). These holdings form part of funds managed on behalf of investment clients by the Companies. Share capital to which this relates: Ordinary Shares (697,281,000 shares outstanding) Number of shares in which the Companies have an interest: 50,623,278 Name(s) of registered holder(s): See Schedule B As of 27 September 2000 The Rank Group Plc Number of Percent of Shares Outstanding The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ('CG') holdings 50,623,278 7.26% Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds: - Capital Guardian Trust Company 42,083,600 6.04% - Capital International Limited 4,038,488 0.58% - Capital International S.A. 4,427,190 0.63% - Capital International, Inc. 74,000 0.01% Schedule A Schedule of holdings in The Rank Group Plc As of 27 September 2000 Capital Guardian Trust Company Registered Name Local Shares State Street Nominees Limited 8,465,100 Bank of New York Nominees 605,600 Chase Nominees Limited 18,000,400 BT Globenet Nominees Ltd. 67,000 Midland Bank plc 7,038,500 Bankers Trust 2,328,400 Barclays Bank 708,600 Citibank London 836,500 Nortrust Nominees 3,932,500 Royal Bank of Scotland 25,000 Citibank NA 64,000 HSBC Bank plc 12,000 TOTAL 42,083,600 Schedule B Capital International Limited Registered Name Local Shares State Street Nominees Limited 588,000 Bank of New York Nominees 964,988 Chase Nominees Limited 347,400 Midland Bank plc 70,700 Bankers Trust 182,600 Barclays Bank 430,200 Citibank London 64,300 Morgan Guaranty 43,000 Nortrust Nominees 965,611 Royal Bank of Scotland 83,000 Lloyds Bank 86,000 Vidacos Nominees Ltd. 64,989 Citibank NA 147,700 TOTAL 4,038,488 Schedule B Capital International S.A. Registered Name Local Shares Bank of New York Nominees 147,000 Chase Nominees Limited 2,374,790 Credit Suisse London Branch 126,000 Midland Bank plc 304,600 Barclays Bank 208,700 Nortrust Nominees 122,100 Morgan Stanley 128,700 Royal Bank of Scotland 662,300 National Westminster Bank 76,000 Lloyds Bank 37,000 Vidacos Nominees Ltd. 210,000 RBSTB Nominees Ltd. 30,000 TOTAL 4,427,190 Schedule B Capital International, Inc. Registered Name Local Shares Bank of New York Nominees 74,000 TOTAL 74,000

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