Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
24 May 2004
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
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) 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
24 MAY 2004
11) Date company informed
24 MAY 2004
12) Total holding following this notification
54,775,878
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
9.15%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CLARE DUFFILL
Tel: 020 7706 1111
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification 24 MAY 2004
Amendment # 7
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) 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 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.
Schedule A
Security: Rank Group Plc Amendment # 7
MANAGEMENT
SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
3,373,098 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
6,756,707 FMRCO Chase Nominees Ltd
2,788,558 FMRCO HSBC
601,500 FMTC BT Globenet Nominees Limited
153,000 FMTC Bank of New York
723,021 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust
191,800 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd.
296,693 FMTC Sumitomo T&B
56,600 FMTC Chase Nominees Ltd.
1,700 FMTC Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
28,004 FMTC Master Trust Japan
158,500 FMTC Northern Trust
29,900 FMTC Mellon Bank
944,140 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd
19,511,856 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London
273,300 FPM Citibank
337,000 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
594,400 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited
985,600 FPM Bankers Trust
184,900 FPM Bank of New York London
4,488,273 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
151,000 FIL Deutsche Bank
1,073,000 FIL Northern Trust
3,386,436 FIL JP Morgan
1,433,873 FIL State Street Bank & Trust
180,200 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd
348,700 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd
554,900 FIL Bank of New York Brussels
2,034,223 FIL Bank of New York London
873,911 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
412,700 FIL Morgan Stanley
462,410 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited
126,700 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
487,331 FIL Northern Trust
12,900 FIL National Australia Bank
6,600 FIL PICG
121,800 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
16,000 FIL State Street Hong Kong
27,900 FIL Citibank
586,744 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman
Total Ordinary
Shares 54,775,878
Current ownership 9.15%
percentage:
Shares in issue: 598,574,086
Change in holdings
since last
filing: +6,713,315 ordinary shares
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange