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Rank Group PLC 21 December 2006 The Rank Group Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares On 21 December 2006, the Company received notification from Fidelity International (on behalf of FMR Corp ('FMR'), Fidelity International Limited ('FIL') and Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d - a principal shareholder in FMR and FIL), under the obligations imposed by Sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 that, as at 20 December 2006, it had a notifiable interest in 54,729,042 Ordinary 10p shares (in the nominee or registered name as set out in the Schedule below) representing 10.09% of the issued share capital of The Rank Group Plc. SCHEDULE +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |Nominee/Registered Name: |Management Company: | | | | | | | |(see Note) | | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |JP Morgan, Bournemouth |FPM |4,642,200 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn |FPM |823,600 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |Northern Trust London |FPM |1,956,427 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |HSBC Bank PLC |FPM |1,060,000 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |Mellon Bank |FPM |487,300 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |Bank of New York Brussels |FPM |367,800 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |Bankers Trust London |FPM |217,700 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |Midland Securities Services |FPM |121,900 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ | | | | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |JP Morgan, Bournemouth |FISL |18,237,828 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ | | | | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |JP Morgan, Bournemouth |FIL |24,770,036 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux |FIL |8,251 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ | | | | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |JP Morgan, Bournemouth |FII |2,036,000 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ | | | | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ |TOTAL INTEREST | |54,729,042 | +------------------------------+----------------------+-------------+ Note FPM - Fidelity Pension Management FISL - Fidelity Investment Services Limited FIL - Fidelity International Limited FII - Fidelity Investments International 21 December 2006 website: www.rank.com END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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