Rank Group PLC
29 January 2007
The Rank Group Plc
- Notification of Major Interest in Shares
On 29 January 2007, the Company received notification from Aviva plc, under the
obligations imposed by Section DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules
that, as at 25 January 2007, Aviva plc and its subsidiaries had a notifiable
interest in the voting rights attached to 22,300,225 Ordinary 10p shares of The
Rank Group Plc (registered, or to be registered in the names set out in the
Schedule below) representing 4.11% of the total voting rights in The Rank Group
Plc.
Aviva plc has an additional interest in 111,583 voting rights which are
conditional upon the conversion of its holding of Rank's 3.875 per cent.
Convertible Bonds into Ordinary shares. If so converted, the percentage of the
Company's voting rights which it holds would increase by 0.02% to 4.13%.
SCHEDULE
Voting Rights attached to Shares (A)
Registered Holders:
BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 8,897,668
Chase GA Group Nominees Limited 7,324,185
Chase Nominees Limited 1,261,740
CUIM Nominee Limited 4,498,253
Vidacos Nominees Limited 318,379
22,300,225
Voting Rights attached to Financial Instruments (B)
Rank Group 3.875% Conv Bonds due 2009 111,583
Total Interest (A + B) 22,411,808
At the date of this announcement, the Issued Share Capital of The Rank Group Plc
is 542,358,756 Ordinary 10p Shares.
29 January 2007
website: www.rank.com
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