Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
14 July 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 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
13 JULY 2004
11) Date company informed
14 JULY 2004
12) Total holding following this notification
73,308,424
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
12.20%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CLARE DUFFILL
TEL: 0207 706 1111
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification ....14 JULY 2004....................
Amendment #10
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK 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 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 10
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED
COMPANY NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
3,980,610 FMRCO STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED
13,049,126 FMRCO CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED
7,054,108 FMRCO HSBC
8,100 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
17,831 FMRCO JP MORGAN CHASE
609,500 FMTC BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LIMITED
201,600 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK
671,821 FMTC STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
191,000 FMTC STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
296,693 FMTC SUMITOMO T&B
113,900 FMTC CHASE NOMINEES LTD
1,700 FMTC LLOYDS BANK NOMINEES LIMITED
28,004 FMTC MASTER TRUST JAPAN
158,500 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST
36,000 FMTC MELLON BANK
944,730 FISL CHASE NOMINEES LTD
25,006,724 FISL CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
347,300 FPM CITIBANK
335,100 FPM CHASE NOMINEES LTD
647,400 FPM HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEES
(UK) LIMITED
437,100 FPM BANKERS TRUST
2,373 FPM BBH
246,200 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON
4,962,625 FIL CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
183,424 FIL DEUTCHE BANK
1,441,331 FIL NORTHERN TRUST
3,973,462 FIL JP MORGAN
1,473,573 FIL STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
199,700 FIL MELLON NOMINEES LTD
448,000 FIL STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
647,800 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
2,268,623 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK LONDON
1,143,700 FIL NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
545,800 FIL MORGAN STANLEY
469,422 FIL HSBC CLIENT HOLDINGS NOMINEE
(UK) LIMITED
126,700 FIL CHASE NOMINEES LTD
268,200 FIL NORTHERN TRUST
11,600 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
586,744 FIL BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN
TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 73,308,424
CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 12.20%
SHARES IN ISSUE: 600,941,549
CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING: +7,138,000 ORDINARY SHARES
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