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Rank Group PLC 7 November 2001 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE RANK GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST CGNU 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 A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST OF COMPANY IN (2) 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 31 OCT 2001 11) Date company informed 07 NOV 2001 12) Total holding following this notification 24,170,391 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.08% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries CHARLES CORMICK 020 7535 8012 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ......7 NOVEMBER 2001.................. Letter to The Rank Group plc Dated 1 November 2001 THE RANK GROUP PLC (THE 'COMPANY') - SEDOL 0724076 This notification supersedes our previous notification to you dated 25 September 2001 and is prompted by purchases totalling 681,067 on 31 October 2001. This notification relates to issued ordinary shares of GBP0.10 each in the capital of the Company (the 'shares') and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed by sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act'). 1. Notification on behalf of Morley Fund Management Limited (a subsidiary of CGNU plc). 1.1 We hereby notify you on behalf of Morley Fund Management Limited that immediately after the time when the obligation to make this notification arose Morley Fund Management Limited were interested in 24,170,391 shares. 1.2 The identity of the registered holders of the shares to which this notification relates and the number of shares held by each of them are set out in the Appendix below: Morley Fund Management Limited. 2. Notification on behalf of CGNU plc. 2.1 We hereby notify you on behalf of CGNU plc that immediately after the time when the obligation to make this notification arose CGNU plc were interested in 24,170,391 shares giving the CGNU group a total percentage interest in the shares of 4.08%. 2.2 The identity of the registered holders of the shares to which this notification relates and the number of shares held by each of them are set out in the Appendix below: CGNU plc. If you require further information as to which companies in the CGNU group hold interests in the shares (by virtue of s.203 of the Act) please submit a written request and we will be happy to supply this information. We are only required to notify interests which are defined as material interests when the holding is equal to 3% or more of the Company's relevant share capital. The term material interests exclude certain categories where we do not hold a beneficial interest, for example where the shares are held in an Authorised Unit Trust Scheme or Open Ended Investment Company. Holdings in those categories are therefore not included in the holding notified under this letter. If you wish us to confirm the level of holdings in these categories, please let us know. Letter from CGNU plc APPENDIX: MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED REGISTERED HOLDERS NUMBER OF SHARES HELD BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 7,740,339 (Material) Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 4,669,536 (Material) Chase Nominees Ltd 24,975 (Material) CUIM Nominee Ltd 10,932,202 (Material) RBSTB Nominees Ltd 803,339 (Material) TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED: 4.08% ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 591,888,560 APPENDIX: CGNU PLC REGISTERED HOLDERS NUMBER OF SHARES HELD BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 7,740,339 (Material) Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 4,669,536 (Material) Chase Nominees Ltd 24,975 (Material) CUIM Nominee Ltd 10,932,202 (Material) RBSTB Nominees Ltd 803,339 (Material) TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF CGNU PLC: 4.08% ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 591,888,560

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