Rank Regulatory News (RNK)

24 Apr 2008 15:58

Rank Group PLC24 April 2008 The Rank Group Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. On 24 April 2008, the Company received notification from Goldman Sachs & Co(under the obligations imposed by Section DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure &Transparency Rules) that, as at 22 April 2008, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.("GS Inc") had a notifiable interest in the voting rights attached to 38,965,648Ordinary 13 8/9p shares representing 9.98% of the total voting rights in TheRank Group Plc. Notes Indirect Interest (i.e. as custodian for its customers): a) The interest in 38,322,616 shares (9.81% of the Company's total votingrights) arose from an interest held by Goldman, Sachs & Co., a wholly-owneddirect subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for its customers. These sharesare, or will be, registered in the name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees),Limited. Direct Interest (i.e. proprietary ownership): b) The interest in 643,032 shares (0.17% of the Company's total voting rights)arose from a beneficial interest held by Goldman Sachs International, awholly-owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc. These shares are, or will be,registered at CREST in account CREPTEMP. 24 April 2008 website: www.rank.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange