Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
2 April 2004
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
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) Percentage of issued Class
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
8) Percentage of issued Class
9) Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES
10) Date of transaction
01 APRIL 2004
11) Date company informed
02 APRIL 2004
12) Total holding following this notification
33,237,468
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
5.57%
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
02 APRIL 2004
Letter to Rank Group Plc
Dated April 1, 2004
Amendment #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 + ADR's
(A) FMR Corp.
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),
investment manager for US mutual funds and Fidelity Management Trust Company
(FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment
manager of various pension and trust accounts. (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 and efficiency. 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 Amendment# 2
MANAGEMENT
SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
967,000 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
6,442,100 FMRCO Chase Nominees Ltd
508,000 FMTC BT Globenet Nominees Limited
14,100 FMTC Deutsche Bank AG
128,300 FMTC Bank of New York
153,700 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust
6,000 FMTC Northern Trust
118,300 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd.
216,100 FMTC Sumitomo T&B
27,900 FMTC Chase Nominees Ltd.
1,700 FMTC Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
689,140 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd
10,843,630 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London
266,300 FPM Citibank
270,300 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
502,500 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited
846,900 FPM Bankers Trust
184,900 FPM Bank of New York London
2,143,319 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
109,400 FIL Deutsche Bank
974,200 FIL Northern Trust
2,142,436 FIL JP Morgan
1,114,644 FIL State Street Bank & Trust
73,400 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd
348,700 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd
492,400 FIL Bank of New York Brussels
1,095,000 FIL Bank of New York London
861,811 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
412,700 FIL Morgan Stanley
68,688 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited
104,500 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
212,300 FIL Northern Trust
10,000 FIL National Australia Bank
5,200 FIL PICG
94,200 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
12,500 FIL State Street Hong Kong
21,600 FIL Citibank
53,600 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX
The following shares are based on the assumed conversion of 350,000 Rank Group
PLC ADR (2 ordinary shares per ADR)
215,800 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited
167,200 FMTC BT Globenet Nominees Limited
31,000 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust
47,000 FMTC Deutsche Bank AG
20,000 FMTC Northern Trust
45,600 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London
173,400 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman Ltd. LUX
Total Ordinary
Shares 33,237,468
Current ownership 5.57%
percentage:
Shares in issue: 597,258,676
Change in holdings
since last filing: +7,745,337 ORDINARY SHARES
Letter from Fidelity Management & Research Company
FMR Co.
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