Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
4 November 2004
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
3 NOVEMBER 04
11) Date company informed
4 NOVEMBER 04
12) Total holding following this notification
90,364,000
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
15.03%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CLARE DUFFILL
TEL: 020 7706 1111
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification 4 NOVEMBER 2004
LETTER TO RANK GROUP PLC
DATED 3 NOVEMBER 2004
Enclosed are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K.
Companies Act 1985. Please note that while this information details the
disclosable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosure
constitutes separate notifications of interest which have been combined solely
for purposes of clarity and efficiency. It is not intended to indicate that any
of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests.
These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies Act.
The interest detailed herein were acquired solely for investment purposes. For
disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as FMR Corp, and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders.
FROM: FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
AMENDMENT NO. 13
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), 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 No 13
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
COMPANY
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909,800 FIL Bank of New York Brussels Total
6,095,829 FIL Bank of New York London Total
726,456 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman Total
121,800 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
Total
6,027,757 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London Total
104,100 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd Total
545,781 FIL Deutsche Bank Total
8,800 FIL Dexia Privatbank (Schweiz) Total
171,200 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited Total
4,994,938 FIL JP Morgan Total
366,227 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd Total
921,200 FIL Morgan Stanley Total
2,586,747 FIL Northern Trust Total
1,884,200 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd Total
264,500 FIL Northern Trust Total
972,500 FIL State Street Bank & Trust Total
16,000 FIL State Street Hong Kong Total
754,300 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd Total
30,368,267 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London Total
2,351,009 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd Total
13,907,004 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited Total
5,065,062 FMRCO HSBC Total
1,752,307 FMRCO JP Morgan Chase Total
134,700 FMRCO Northern Trust Total
16,300 FMRCO State Street Bank & Trust Total
4,412,325 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited Total
211,100 FMTC Bank of New York Total
609,500 FMTC BT Globenet Nominees Limited Total
1,700 FMTC Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited Total
30,304 FMTC Master Trust Japan Total
36,000 FMTC Mellon Bank Total
215,800 FMTC Northern Trust Total
1,067,814 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust Total
174,000 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd. Total
427,400 FPM Bank of New York London Total
2,373 FPM BBH Total
412,100 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd Total
575,400 FPM Citibank Total
295,600 FPM HSBC Total
574,100 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited Total
251,700 FPM Mellon Nominees Ltd Total
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90,364,000 Grand Total Ordinary Shares
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CURRENT OWNERSHIP
PERCENTAGE: 15.03%
SHARES IN
ISSUE: 601,365,619
CHANGE IN
HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING: + 5,929,566 ORDINARY SHARES
CHANGE IN PERCENTAGE HOLDINGS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE RECEIPT OF SHARE DIVIDENDS
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