Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
31 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
BARCLAYS PLC
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 LETTER 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
29 MARCH 06
11) Date company informed
31 MARCH 06
12) Total holding following this notification
18,579,216
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.02%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CLARE DUFFILL
ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification CLARE DUFFILL
Date of Notification .....31 MARCH 2006...................
Letter to: The Rank Group PLC
Dated 31 March 2006
Companies Act 1985 ('The Act') - Part VI
I hereby inform you that as at 29 March 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal
entities listed on the schedule below, has a notifiable interest in the capital
of your Company of 3.02%.
Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders
(as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are shown below.
The issued capital of 614,811,271 is the latest figure available to us.
Contact: Geoff Smith
020 7116 2913
Letter from Barclays
REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT
RANK GROUP SEDOL: 0724076
As at 29 March 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below,
had a notifiable interest in 18,579,216 ORD GBP0.10 representing 3.02% of the
issued share capital of 614,811,271 units.
Registered Holder Account Designation Holding
BANK OF IRELAND 426353 874,730
BANK OF NEW YORK 43,802
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -2,090,896
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 1,861,044
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 2,100,550
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -618,204
Barclays Global Investors Canada 39,596
Barclays Trust Co & Others 2,222
Barclays Trust Co OMC69 C 000000000000000000 3,125
Barclays Trust Co R69 C 000000000000000000 1,555
BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 378,464
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 330,839
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 202,674
Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69296301 8,500
Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 19,750
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 162,916
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,731,360
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 152,012
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 17,010
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 110,742
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 675,001
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,211,205
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,281
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 22,750
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,242
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 58,577
INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 10,051
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 175,707
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 37,525
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 378,832
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 78,940
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 6,134,119
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18408 28,247
JPMorgan Chase Bank 6,350
JPMorgan Chase Bank 39,176
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 20,249
JPMorgan Chase Bank 17,486
JPMorgan Chase Bank 6,160
JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,197
JPMorgan Chase Bank 31,907
JPMorgan Chase Bank 67,671
JPMorgan Chase Bank 339,049
JPMorgan chase Bank 82,826
JPMorgan Chase Bank 88,237
JPMorgan Chase Bank 66,698
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 58,324
Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 48,080
Mitsui Asset 7,238
R C Greig Nominees Limited 118,659
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 11,150
R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 12,990
R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 35,512
R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 4,630
STATE STREET BOSTON 348,959
Trust & Custody Services Bank 5,400
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Total 18,579,216
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LEGAL ENTITY REPORT
RANK GROUP SEDOL: 0724076
As at 29 March 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,
had a notifiable interest in 18,579,216 ORD GBP0.10 representing 3.01% of the
issued share capital of 614,811,271 units.
Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held
Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 705,231 0.1147
Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 58,164 0.0095
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 6,902 0.0011
Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 58,324 0.0095
Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 8,500 0.0014
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 873,678 0.1421
Barclays Global Fund Advisors 3,063,298 0.4982
Gerrard Ltd 202,691 0.0330
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 1,252,494 0.2037
Barclays Global Investors, Ltd 7,746,399 1.2599
Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 4,563,939 0.7423
Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 39,596 0.0064
Group Holding 18,579,216 3.0218
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