Rank Regulatory News (RNK)

6 Nov 2007 11:47

Rank Group PLC06 November 2007 The Rank Group Plc - Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Credit Suisse On 5 November 2007, the Company received notification from Credit Suisse (underthe obligations imposed by Section DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure & TransparencyRules) that, as at 1 November 2007, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limitedhad a notifiable interest in the voting rights attached to 19,444,749 Ordinary13 8/9p shares of The Rank Group Plc as shown in the Schedule below,representing 4.98% of the total voting rights in The Rank Group Plc. SCHEDULE Number of voting rightsB: Financial instrumentsOption expiration dates: Dec 20 2012 5,768,748 Dec 20 2012 1,254,076 Dec 20 2017 1,254,076 Dec 20 2017 1,254,076 Dec 20 2012 250,815 Dec 20 2007 1,454,728 Mar 20 2008 752,445 Dec 20 2007 250,815 Nov 20 2007 125,408 Dec 20 2007 1,379,483 Mar 20 2008 1,003,260 Dec 20 2007 890,394 Mar 20 2008 752,445 Dec 20 2012 394,779 SubTotal 16,785,548 A: Voting rights attached to sharesOrdinary 13 8/9p Shares (direct) 2,659,201 Grand Total 19,444,749 2. Morgan Stanley On 6 November 2007, the Company received notification from Morgan Stanley (underthe obligations imposed by Section DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure & TransparencyRules) that, as at 2 November 2007, Morgan Stanley Securities Limited had anotifiable interest in the voting rights attached to 14,853,843 Ordinary 13 8/9pshares of The Rank Group Plc as shown in the Schedule below, representing 3.80%of the total voting rights in The Rank Group Plc. SCHEDULE Number of voting rightsB: Financial instruments Option expiration dates Long call option - 01/2009 1,003,260Long call option - 01/2009 1,504,891Long call option - 01/2009 1,003,260 SubTotal 3,511,411 A: Voting rights attached to sharesOrdinary 13 8/9p Shares (direct) 11,342,432 Grand Total 14,853,843 3. ABN AMRO On 6 November 2007, the Company received notification from The Royal Bank OfScotland Group plc (under the obligations imposed by Section DTR5 of the FSA'sDisclosure & Transparency Rules) that, as at 2 November 2007, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.had a notifiable interest in the voting rights attached to 11,784,009 Ordinary13 8/9p shares of The Rank Group Plc representing 3.02% of the total votingrights in The Rank Group Plc. 6 November 2007 website: www.rank.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange