Holding(s) in Company
Rank Group PLC
21 April 2005
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 BELOW LETTER
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
12 APRIL 05
11) Date company informed
21 APRIL 05
12) Total holding following this notification
73,921,583
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
11.84%
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 .....21 APRIL 2005...................
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 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 No 17
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED
COMPANY NAME
22,900 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG Total
2,256,208 FII BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN Total
1,846,156 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total
124,600 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total
25,483 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX Total
543,600 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total
594,400 FIL NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE Total
250,400 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total
218,740 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total
35,489,485 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total
8,198,271 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total
764,506 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. Total
191,400 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total
2,067,027 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO Total
265,500 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK Total
879,500 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO Total
312,300 FMTC JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total
397,100 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO Total
1,148,193 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO Total
3,238,800 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total
553,200 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON Total
19,300 FPM CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON Total
138,000 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S Total
515,900 FPM CITIBANK LONDON Total
167,100 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC Total
16,500 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK Total
526,200 FPM HSBC BANK PLC Total
2,779,930 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total
76,800 FPM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total
1,483,027 FPM MELLON BANK Total
279,300 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES Total
44,300 FPM NORDEA BANK AB Total
5,500,257 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total
2,987,200 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total
73,921,583 Grand Total Ordinary Shares
CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 11.84.%
SHARES IN ISSUE: 624,371,011...
CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
LAST FILING: (4,384,505) ordinary shares
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