Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
19 March 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
15 MARCH 2004
11) Date company informed
18 MARCH 2004
12) Total holding following this notification
19,579,831
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.28%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CLARE DUFFILL
020 7706 1111
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification ...... 19 MARCH 2004
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. (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 (l)(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.
By
Eric D. Roiter
Senior V.P. & General Counsel - FMR Co.
Duly authorized under Powers of Attorney
dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf
of FMR. Corp. and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, and Fidelity International
Limited and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries.
Schedule A
Security: Rank Group Plc
MANAGEMENT
SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
14,700 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
111,792 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd
8,364,330 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London
342,200 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd
246,700 FPM Citibank
130,300 FPM HSBC
270,300 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
372,200 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited
717,900 FPM Bankers Trust
184,900 FPM Bank of New York London
1,677,518 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
69,100 FIL Deutche Bank
894,300 FIL Northern Trust
2,073,036 FIL JP Morgan
1,094,044 FIL State Street Bank & Trust
47,700 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd
348,700 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd
422,600 FIL Bank of New York Brussels
801,100 FIL Bank of New York London
817,911 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
512,700 FIL Morgan Stanley
65,800 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited
Total Ordinary
Shares 19,579,831
Current ownership 3.28%
percentage:
Shares in issue: 597,258,676
Change in holdings
since last filing: +1,848,772 ORDINARY SHARES
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