Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
13 September 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
9 SEPTEMBER 04
11) Date company informed
13 SEPTEMBER 04
12) Total holding following this notification
84,434,434
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
14.05%
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 13 SEPTEMBER 2004
AMENDMENTS NO. 12
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 and Fidelity
Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts
as a trustee or investment manager of various pensions 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 and Chairman 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 No 12
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
COMPANY
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829,700 FIL Bank of New York Brussels Total
2,760,723 FIL Bank of New York London Total
720,866 FIL Brown Brothers Harriman Total
121,800 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank AG Frankfurt
Total
5,087,316 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London Total
104,100 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd Total
27,900 FIL Citibank Total
508,641 FIL Deutsche Bank Total
174,700 FIL HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited Total
5,285,838 FIL JP Morgan Total
252,200 FIL Mellon Nominees Ltd Total
805,600 FIL Morgan Stanley Total
11,600 FIL National Australia Bank Total
1,706,331 FIL Northern Trust Total
1,656,000 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd Total
264,500 FIL Northern Trust London Total
6,800 FIL PICG Total
724,900 FIL State Street Bank & Trust Total
16,000 FIL State Street Hong Kong Total
663,000 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd Total
29,471,561 FISL Chase Manhattan Bank London Total
1,233,736 FISL Chase Nominees Ltd Total
15,513,511 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited Total
7,635,008 FMRCO HSBC Total
44,498 FMRCO JP Morgan Chase Total
16,300 FMRCO State Street Bank & Trust Total
4,416,625 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited Total
206,800 FMTC Bank of New York Total
609,500 FMTC BT Globenet Nominees Limited Total
1,700 FMTC Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited Total
30,304 FMTC Master Trust Japan Total
36,000 FMTC Mellon Bank Total
215,800 FMTC Northern Trust Total
1,066,914 FMTC State Street Bank & Trust Total
174,000 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd. Total
368,900 FPM Bank of New York London Total
2,373 FPM BBH Total
337,100 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd Total
505,900 FPM Citibank Total
254,700 FPM HSBC Total
474,900 FPM HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
Limited Total
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84,434,434 Grand Total Ordinary Shares
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CURRENT OWNERSHIP
PERCENTAGE: 14.05%
SHARES IN
ISSUE: 600,941,549
CHANGE IN
HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING: + 6,172,188 ORDINARY SHARES
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