Holding in Company

Rank Group PLC 12 June 2001 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE RANK GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST BARCLAYS 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 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 11 JUNE 2001 11) Date company informed 11 JUNE 2001 12) Total holding following this notification 24,263,648 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.09% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries CHARLES CORMICK COMPANY SECRETARY THE RANK GROUP PLC TEL: 020 7535 8012 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification CHARLES CORMICK Date of Notification ...12 June 2001...... Barclays Bank PLC - Registered Holders Analysis RANK GROUP Sedol Number: 724076 As at 11/6/2001. Barclays PLC, through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, had a notifiable interest in 24,263,648 ORD GBPO.10 units representing 4.09% of the issued share capital of 591837204 units. Holding Registered Holder 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 1,116,690 Chase Nominees Limited 16342 73,281 Chase Nominees Limited 16344 236,385 Chase Nominees Limited 16345 420,396 Chase Nominees Limited 16376 90,322 Chase Nominees Limited 16400 4,944,627 Chase Nominees Limited 16530 1,336,478 Chase Nominees Limited 18408 59,605 Chase Nominees Limited 20947 8,064,584 DEM69 559 Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd & third 6,553 party nominee Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd as executor 574 Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees 5,781,688 Limited a/c 5781C Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited Account 5781C 19,465 Chase Manhattan Bank 132,225 Chase Nominees Ltd A/C Lend 16201 89,088 Chase Nominees Ltd A/C BGIOMNI 19688 383,194 Investors Bank & Trust Company 25,324 ***Unknown*** 486,281 ***Unknown*** 606,038 ***Unknown*** 4,441 ***Unknown*** 16,921 ***Unknown*** 11,834 ***Unknown*** 17,041 ***Unknown*** 9,399 ***Unknown*** 6,130 -------------- Total 24,263,648 ----- --------------

Companies

Rank Group (RNK)
UK 100