Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
16 March 2006
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 ATTACHED LETTER (BELOW)
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the
company should not be taken into account when
calculating percentage)
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the
company should not be taken into account when
calculating percentage)
9) Class of security
ORDINARY SHARES
10) Date of transaction
15 Mar 2006
11) Date company informed
16 Mar 2006
12) Total holding following this notification
86,336,806
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any
treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account
when calculating percentage)
13.91%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Clare Duffill
Assistant Company Secretary
The Rank Group Plc
6 Connaught Place
London W2 2EZ (tel: 020 7706 111)
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Clare Duffill
Date of Notification ............... 16 Mar 2006
Letter to: Rank Group plc
Dated: 15 March 2006
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 International
Amendment 30
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
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 30
Security: RANK GROUP PLC
Currant ownership percentages: 13.91%
Total Shares Held: 86,336,806
Shares in issue: 620,827,277
Change in holdings
since last filling: +5,944,800 ordinary shares
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED
COMPANY NAME
5,437,890 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON
4,998,720 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S
4,014,100 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
1,346,800 FPM MELLON BANK
904,500 FPM HSBC BANK PLC
902,500 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
594,200 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON
263,700 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES
158,300 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC
54,407,595 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
5,891,451 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX
3,215,800 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
306,000 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS
2,899,150 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH
996,100 FIGEST BNP PARIBAS,PARIS
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