Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
14 September 2006
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
13 SEPT 2006
11) Date company informed
14 SEPT 2006
12) Total holding following this notification
79,646,374
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
13.74%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
PAMELA COLES
COMPANY SECRETARY
TEL: 020 7706 1111
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification
14 SEPT 2006
Amendment 35
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
(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), Fidelity
Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited
(FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited
(FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM) and Fidelity Investments
International(FII), investment managers for various non-US
investment companies and institutional clients.
3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:
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 the direct and indirect subsidiaries of 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 35
Current ownership percentage: 13.74%
Total Shares Held: 79,646,374
Shares in issue: 579,762,452
Change in holding since last filing: (6,087,200) ordinary shares
MANAGEMENT
SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
3,747,636 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
4,350,290 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
4,186,200 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
3,082,320 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S
1,062,500 FPM MELLON BANK
902,000 FPM HSBC BANK PLC
575,800 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON
555,800 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
285,400 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES
51,216,732 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
5,228,888 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX
277,300 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
3,304,708 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
870,800 FG BNP PARIBAS, PARIS
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