Holding in Company

Rank Group PLC
19 December 2001


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF 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 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)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

17 DECEMBER 2001

11)  Date company informed

19 DECEMBER 2001

12)  Total holding following this notification

23,953,740
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.05%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

CHARLES CORMICK      0207 706 1111

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification   19 DECEMBER 2001...............



Letter to Rank Group Plc - dated December 17, 2001

Amendment Number 1

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK 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. (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) and Fidelity      
           Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US     
           investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for  
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

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. 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.

From FMR Corp.




SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: Rank Group Plc                                  Amendment No 1


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
                        3,779,080   FMRCO        Chase Nominees Limited
                        3,962,494   FMRCO        State Street Nominees Limited
                       10,276,375   FISL         Chase Nominees Ltd
                          333,700   FPM          Chase Nominees Ltd
                          254,400   FPM          HSBC Client Holdings Nominee   
                                                 (UK) Limited
                           74,000   FPM          HSBC
                          128,700   FPM          Citibank
                          486,800   FPM          Bankers Trust
                          613,400   FIL          MSS Nominees Ltd
                        1,307,491   FIL          Chase Nominees Ltd
                        1,236,200   FIL          Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                           49,000   FIL          Bankers Trust
                          995,900   FIL          Bank of New York London
                          456,200   FIL          Northern Trust
                     

TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 23,953,740

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  4.05%

SHARES IN ISSUE:      591,888,560

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:           +5,527,355 ordinary shares