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Rank Group PLC 02 December 2005 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 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 1 DECEMBER 2005 11) Date listed company informed 2 DECEMBER 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 68,612,802 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) 10.99% 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 2 DECEMBER 2005 LETTER TO: RANK GROUP PLC 1 December 2005 Enclosed are amended notifications of disposable 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: James Foster (Regulatory Reporting Analyst, Fidelity International) Amendment 22 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. Rani Jandu (Regulatory Reporting Manager, FIL - Investment Compliance) Schedule A Amendment 22 Security : RANK GROUP PLC Current ownership percentage: 10.99% Total Shares Held 68,612,802 Shares in Issue : 624,371,011 Change in holdings since last filing : (5,020,404) ordinary shares MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 10,600 N/A N/A 4,493,990 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 3,826,810 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 3,060,200 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 1,358,000 FPM MELLON BANK 1,334,806 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 609,700 FPM HSBC BANK PLC 553,200 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON 254,100 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 142,000 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S 132,600 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC 76,800 FPM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 17,900 FPM CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON 16,500 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK 1,096,593 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 909,100 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO 320,100 FMTC JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 304,100 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO 216,700 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK 4,222,437 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO 990,000 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 191,400 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 62,000 FMRCO MELLON BANK N A 35,287,567 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 970,100 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 507,000 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 403,800 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 227,640 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 222,300 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 1,950,939 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 1,531,130 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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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