Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
17 January 2005
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
13 JANUARY 05
11) Date company informed
17 JANUARY 05
12) Total holding following this notification
83,464,712
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
13.37%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CLARE DUFFILL
020 7706 1111
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification ...17 JANUARY 2005.......
Revised Amendment #15
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 management 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) and Fidelity
Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US
investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for
listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).
3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:
Mr 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 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 # 15
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED
COMPANY NAME
16,000 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG Total
2,907,809 FII BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN Total
1,846,156 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total
99,000 FIL MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN Total
91,200 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total
535,229 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX Total
883,892 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total
410,400 FIL NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE Total
176,600 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total
158,740 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total
35,900,493 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total
988,558 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO Total
11,926,285 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total
2,796,306 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. Total
139,900 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total
4,401,925 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO Total
144,400 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK Total
622,004 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO Total
239,800 FMTC JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total
291,600 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO Total
1,459,014 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO Total
3,893,500 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total
556,200 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON Total
14,600 FPM CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON Total
101,500 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S Total
515,900 FPM CITIBANK LONDON Total
189,200 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC Total
11,700 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK Total
533,500 FPM HSBC BANK PLC Total
2,596,830 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total
1,528,027 FPM MELLON BANK Total
279,300 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES Total
31,800 FPM NORDEA BANK AB Total
5,623,683 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total
1,553,661 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total
83,464,712 Grand Total Ordinary Shares
CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 13.37%
SHARES IN ISSUE: 624,055,505
CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING: (6,699,288) ORDINARY SHARES
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