Rank Regulatory News (RNK)

6 Dec 2007 14:00

Rank Group PLC06 December 2007 The Rank Group Plc ("Rank") - Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities On 1 December 2007 the restricted shares which were awarded to the followingpersons under the terms of the Company's 2006 Deferred Share Bonus Plan ("thePlan") duly vested in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and werereleased to the participants by the Trustees on 6 December 2007, after thewithholding and sale of sufficient shares in order to satisfy the personalincome tax and national insurance contribution liabilities of the recipients: Gross Number of Ordinary Number of Ordinary Net Number of Ordinary Shares Released by Shares Sold Shares Transferred to Trustees: (at 105p per share): Participant: Director: Ian Burke, 47,887 19,634 28,253Chief Executive Peter Gill, 34,178 14,013 20,165Finance Director PDMR: Pamela Coles, 17,577 7,207 10,370Company Secretary The restricted shares were originally awarded under the Plan in April 2007 uponthe satisfactory achievement of a stretching operating profit target for theGaming division in 2006. The value of the awards was equivalent to 20% of 2006base salaries with final vesting deferred until December 2007 in order to aidkey staff retention. The notifiable beneficial share interests in the Ordinary 13 8/9p Shares of TheRank Group Plc are now as follows: Number of Ordinary Net Number of Ordinary Number of Ordinary Shares held prior to the Shares Transferred to Shares held following the Transfer: Participant: Transfer: Director: Ian Burke, 47,300 28,253 75,553Chief Executive Peter Gill, 17,200 20,165 37,365Finance Director PDMR: Pamela Coles, Nil 10,370 10,370Company Secretary Following the sale or transfer of a total of 240,174 Ordinary 13 8/9p Shares on6 December 2007 to satisfy awards vesting under the Plan, the Trustees of theRank Group Employee Benefit Trust (the "Trust") are currently interested in1,059,826 Ordinary 13 8/9p Shares in The Rank Group Plc (representing 0.27% ofthe present issued share capital). The Trust holds Rank shares in order to satisfy, in due course, the obligationto release shares to participants who have been granted restricted awards ofshares under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plans and, by virtue of the TrustDeed, the Executive Directors of The Rank Group Plc are deemed to bebeneficially interested in all of the Rank Ordinary Shares held by the Trust. 6 December 2007 website: www.rank.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange