Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
30 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
28 APRIL 2004
11) Date company informed
29 APRIL 2004
12) Total holding following this notification
35,860,195
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
6.00%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CHARLES CORMICK
Tel: 020 7706 1111
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification
29 APRIL 2004
Amendment No. 2
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - U.K. COMPANIES ACT
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1. Company in which shares are held: Rank Group Plc
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2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares
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(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 No. 2
MANAGEMENT
SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
997,600 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
6,756,707 FMRCO Chase Nominees Ltd
616,000 FMTC BT Globenet Nominees Limited
164,400 FMTC Bank of New York
202,200 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust
157,300 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd.
296,693 FMTC Sumitomo T&B
35,800 FMTC Chase Nominees Ltd.
1,700 FMTC Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
689,140 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd
10,829,330 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London
273,300 FPM Citibank
300,500 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
540,300 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited
985,600 FPM Bankers Trust
184,900 FPM Bank of New York London
2,324,537 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
144,900 FIL Deutsche Bank
1,057,700 FIL Northern Trust
3,283,236 FIL JP Morgan
1,354,973 FIL State Street Bank & Trust
96,200 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd
348,700 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd
554,900 FIL Bank of New York Brussels
1,718,700 FIL Bank of New York London
873,911 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
412,700 FIL Morgan Stanley
78,168 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited
126,700 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
268,200 FIL Northern Trust
12,900 FIL National Australia Bank
6,600 FIL PICG
121,800 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
16,000 FIL State Street Hong Kong
27,900 FIL Citibank
Total Ordinary
Shares 35,860,195
Current ownership 6.00%
percentage:
Shares in issue: 597,258,676
Change in holdings
since last
filing: +2,622,727 ORDINARY SHARES
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