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Rank Group PLC 21 March 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED 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 regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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 (any treasury shares held by the listed 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 listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 17 MAR 2006 11) Date listed company informed 21 MAR 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 87,556,106 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 14.10% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries CLARE DUFFILL 020 7706 1111 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ....... 21 MAR 2006 ................. Letter to Rank Group PLC Enclosed are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the UK 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 the 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 31 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 31 Security: RANK GROUP PLC Currant ownership percentages: 14.10% Total Shares Held: 87,556,106 Shares in issue: 620,827,277 Change in holdings since last filling: +1,219,300 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 55,348,995 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 6,110,751 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 3,215,800 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 306,000 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 2,957,750 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 996,100 FIGEST BNP PARIBAS,PARIS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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