Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
02 November 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
1 NOVEMBER 2005
11) Date company informed
2 NOVEMBER 2005
12) Total holding following this notification
73,633,206
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
11.79%
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 2 NOVEMBER 2005
Letter to Rank Group Plc
Dated 1 November 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 21
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 21
Security: Rank Group Plc
Current ownership percentage: 11.79%
Total Shares Held: 73,633,206
Shares in Issue: 624,371,011
Change in holdings since
last filing: (2,097,970) ordinary shares
MANAGEMENT
SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
4,663,357 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
3,656,910 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S
3,087,000 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
1,516,900 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
1,431,694 FPM MELLON BANK
636,900 FPM HSBC BANK PLC
553,200 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON
267,800 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES
142,000 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S
138,300 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC
76,800 FPM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
19,800 FPM CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON
16,500 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK
1,060,993 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO
902,300 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO
322,600 FMTC JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
304,100 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO
216,700 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK
5,000,000 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
4,222,427 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO
191,400 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
62,000 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A.
32,700 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST CO
6,800 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO
38,456,438 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
909,300 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX
529,400 FIL NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE
507,000 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
424,600 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
233,140 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S
191,300 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
1,872,439 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
1,668,308 FII BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN
289,700 FICL STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO
22,900 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG
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