Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
24 May 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
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 MAY 2005
11) Date company informed
24 MAY 2005
12) Total holding following this notification
75,731,176
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
12.13%
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
CLARE DUFFILL
Date of Notification 24 MAY 2005
Letter to Rank Group Plc
Dated 23 May 2005
Below 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
Amendment 20
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. 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 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 Amendment 20
Security: Rank Group Plc
MANAGEMENT
SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
22,900 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG Total
2,115,408 FII BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN Total
1,841,396 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total
568,000 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total
662,383 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX Total
543,600 FIL JP MORGAN,BOURNEMOUTH Total
594,400 FIL NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE Total
250,400 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total
225,740 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total
37,038,452 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total
7,449,473 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total
191,400 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total
2,067,027 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO Total
265,500 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK Total
905,700 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO Total
312,300 FMTC JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total
397,100 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO Total
1,157,593 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO Total
2,672,800 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total
553,200 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON Total
19,300 FPM CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON Total
138,000 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S Total
515,900 FPM CITIBANK LONDON Total
232,600 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC Total
16,500 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK Total
696,000 FPM HSBC BANK PLC Total
3,257,130 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total
76,800 FPM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total
1,543,827 FPM MELLON BANK Total
279,300 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES Total
5,735,657 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total
3,385,390 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total
75,731,176 Grand Total Ordinary Shares
Current ownership percentage: 12.13%
Shares in Issue: 624,371,011
Change in holdings since
last filing: +1,181,563 ordinary shares
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