Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7184D

Rank Group PLC

07 December 2009

 



The Rank Group Plc

- Notification of Major Interest in Shares

BlackRock, Inc.

On 7 December 2009, The Rank Group Plc ("Rank") received notification, under the obligations imposed by DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules, from BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock") that, as at 1 December 2009, BlackRock had a notifiable interest in the voting rights attached to 20,700,114 ordinary 138/9p shares representing 5.30% of the total voting rights in Rank made up as as follows:

Indirect voting rights attached to shares

- 15,465,421 representing 3.96% of the total voting rights in Rank

Nominal voting rights arising from contracts for difference

- 5,234,693 representing 1.34% of the total voting rights in Rank

Notes

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited effectively holds the voting rights that are the subject of this notification.

On 1 December 2009, the business of Barclays Global Investors ("BGI") was acquired by BlackRock. The combined holdings of BlackRock and BGI in Rank following the acquisition triggered this disclosure requirement.

7 December 2009

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