Holding(s) in Company
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
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