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Rank Group PLC 18 March 2002 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 NOTIFIABLE INTEREST OF COMPANY IN (2) ABOVE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY 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 14 MAR 2002 11) Date company informed 18 MAR 2002 12) Total holding following this notification 29,597,964 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.00% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries CLARE DUFFILL (TEL: 020 7706 1111) 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification .......18 MARCH 2002................. LETTER TO: THE RANK GROUP PLC THE RANK GROUP PLC (THE 'COMPANY') - SEDOL 0724076 This notification supersedes our previous notification to you dated 1 November 2001 and is prompted by purchases totalling 1,070,000 on 13 March 2002. 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 29,597,964 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 for 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 29,597,964 shares giving the CGNU group a total percentage interest in the shares of 5.00%. 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. APPENDIX: MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED REGISTERED HOLDERS NUMBER OF SHARES HELD BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 8,733,114 (Material) Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 10,206,665 (Material) CUIM Nominee Ltd 9,868,685 (Material) RBSTB Nominees Ltd 789,500 (Material) TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED: 5.00% 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 8,733,114 (Material) Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 10,206,665 (Material) CUIM Nominee Ltd 9,868,685 (Material) RBSTB Nominees Ltd 789,500 (Material) TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF CGNU PLC: 5.00% ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 591,888,560 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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