Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
12 March 2002
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
11 MAR 2001
11) Date company informed
12 MAR 2001
12) Total holding following this notification
23,201,427
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.92%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CHARLES CORMICK - 020 7706 1111
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification 12 MARCH 2002
Amendment No 2
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. 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 (l)(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 Amendment No 2
Security: Rank Group Plc
MANAGEMENT
SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
1,970,710 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited
1,981,294 FMRCO State Street Nominees
Limited
9,132,475 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd
266,400 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
328,400 FPM HSBC Client Holdings
Nominee (UK) Limited
128,700 FPM Citibank
535,700 FPM Bankers Trust Ltd
374,400 FIL MSS Nominees Ltd
789,600 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
1,236,200 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
49,000 FIL Bankers Trust
1,035,300 FIL Bank of New York London
456,200 FIL Northern Trust
4,917,048 FIL HSBC Client Holdings
Nominee (UK) Limited
Total Ordinary Shares 23,201,427
Current ownership percentage. 3.92%
Shares in issue: 591,888,560
Change in holdings since last filing: (752,313) ordinary shares
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange