Holding in Company

Rank Group PLC
1 May 2001


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     THE RANK GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     BARCLAYS BANK PLC

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 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

     26 APRIL 2001

11)  Date company informed

     1 MAY 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification

     17,952,460 SHARES OF 10p EACH
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.03%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     CLARE DUFFILL  0207 535 8133

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


     Date of Notification .......1 MAY 2001.................



Letter to The Rank Group PLC
Letter dated 26 April 2001

Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') - Part VI

I hereby inform you that as of the date of this letter Barclays PLC, through its
subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your
Company of 3.03%.

Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders
(as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are set out on the schedule below.

The issued capital of 591,833,573 is the latest figure available to us.  

From Geoff Smith
Assistant Secretary
BARCLAYS


Barclays Bank PLC - Registered Holders Analysis

RANK GROUP          Sedol Number:  724076

As at 26/4/2001, Barclays PLC, through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, had a 
notifiable interest in 17,952,460 ORD GBP0.10 units representing 3.03% of the
issued share capital of 591833573 units.

Registered Holder                                                 Holding

MSTC Nominees Ltd                                                   8,500
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                  42,166
Dematerialised                                                      3,125
Chase Nominees Limited                         16331              244,265
Chase Nominees Limited                         16338               26,469
Chase Nominees Limited                         16341              619,142
Chase Nominees Limited                         16342               73,281
Chase Nominees Limited                         16344               79,682
Chase Nominees Limited                         16345              139,410
Chase Nominees Limited                         16376               90,322
Chase Nominees Limited                         16400            4,708,856
Chase Nominees Limited                         16530            1,321,968
Chase Nominees Limited                         18408               59,605
Chase Nominees Limited                         20947            5,128,632
DEM69                                                                 559
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd & third party
 nominee                                                            1,643
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd as executor                                169
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees 
 Limited a/c 5781C                                              4,213,734
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees 
 Limited Account 5781C                                             19,465
Chase Manhattan Bank                                              109,114
Chase Nominees Ltd A/C Lend 16201                                  51,165
Chase Nominees Ltd A/C BGIOMNI 19688                              210,093
Investors Bank & Trust Company                                     23,863
*** Unknown ***                                                   486,281
*** Unknown ***                                                   256,656
*** Unknown ***                                                     2,614
*** Unknown ***                                                    16,921
*** Unknown ***                                                       800
*** Unknown ***                                                     4,561
*** Unknown ***                                                     9,399

                                                        Total  17,952,460