Purchase of Own Securities

Rank Group PLC
15 August 2001


                 The Rank Group Plc Acquires Guaranteed Notes


The Rank Group Plc announces that Rank Group Finance Plc has acquired, in an
open market offer, $29.2m of its $75m 7.125% Guaranteed Notes due 15 January
2018. The acquired Notes will be cancelled. Notes totalling $45.8m remain in
issue. A prior notice of cancellation was issued in May 2001.

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