Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
24 January 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 BELOW LETTER
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
23 JANUARY 2006
11) Date company informed
24 JANUARY 2006
12) Total holding following this notification
69,452,914
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
11.10%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CLARE DUFFILL
ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY
TEL: 020 7706 1111
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification ....24 JANUARY 2006....................
Amendment 26
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), 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
Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
A principal shareholder 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 26
CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 11.10%
TOTAL SHARES HELD: 69,452,914
SHARES IN ISSUE: 625,901,997
CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING: +1,611,177 ORDINARY SHARES
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED
COMPANY NAME
6,296,390 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
5,252,110 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S
3,979,600 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
1,435,700 FPM MELLON BANK
1,365,389 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
899,900 FPM HSBC BANK PLC
594,200 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON
263,700 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES
142,000 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S
137,600 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC
76,800 FPM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
16,500 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK
15,400 FPM CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON
909,100 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO
641,000 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO
351,300 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO
334,100 FMTC JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
233,700 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK
191,400 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
82,000 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO
62,000 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A.
40,449,295 FISL JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH
1,338,100 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
821,951 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX
430,600 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
286,100 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
227,640 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S
222,300 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
2,084,439 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
289,700 FICL STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO
22,900 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG
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