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Rank Group PLC 24 June 2002 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE RANK GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST ALLIANZ GROUP AG 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 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 21 JUN 2002 11) Date company informed 21 JUN 2002 12) Total holding following this notification 17,889,749 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.01% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries CHARLES CORMICK COMPANY SECRETARY 020 7706 1111 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ...24 JUNE 2002......... LETTER TO: RANK GROUP PLC - DATED 21 JUNE 2002 Notification pursuant to S198 Companies Act 1985 ('the Act') Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Group Limited ('DrKWG') is an indirect subsidiary of Allianz AG. The shares in DrKWG are held by Dresdner Investments (UK) Limited ('Dresdner Investments'), a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Zenon Beteiligungs GmbH ('Zenon') which is itself a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Dresdner Bank AG ('Dresdner'). Dresdner is a direct subsidiary of Allianz Finanzbeteiligungs GmbH ('Allianz Finanz'), which is itself a direct subsidiary of Allianz AG. A purchase on 14th June 2002 of 967,876 shares (followed by purchases on 17th and 18th June of 143,004 and 52,001 shares) by Dresdner RCM Global Investors LLC (an indirect subsidiary of Allianz AG) has resulted in a material disclosable interest within the Allianz AG group of Companies. The shares comprising the aggregated holding are held in the name of various nominee companies. We would advise you that the interests in the majority of these shares are in respect of discretionary clients of non-European Union investment management subsidiaries. We hereby notify you that the disclosable material interest of Allianz AG and subsidiaries in the ordinary share capital of your company amounts to 17,889,749 shares representing 3.019% of the ordinary issued share capital of 592,549,312 shares. This announcement is made by DrKWG on behalf of Allianz AG and its subsidiaries. LETTER FROM: DRESDNER KLEINWORT WASSERSTEIN GROUP LIMITED This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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