Holding in Company
Rank Group PLC
6 December 2001
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
03 DEC 2001
11) Date company informed
06 DEC 2001
12) Total holding following this notification
18,426,385
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.11%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CLARE DUFFILL
020 7535 8133
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification ...6 DECEMBER 2001.....
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
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED
COMPANY NAME
(Ordinary Shares 3,779,080 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited
3,962,494 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
7,571,285 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd
106,800 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
48,000 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
(UK) Limited
27,700 FPM HSBC
45,500 FPM Citibank
126,243 FPM Bankers Trust
469,300 FIL MSS Nominees Ltd
1,601,700 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
318,383 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
12,500 FIL Bankers Trust
257,100 FIL Bank of New York London
100,300 FIL Northern Trust
TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 18,426,385
CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 3.11%
SHARES IN ISSUE: 591,888,560