Rank Regulatory News (RNK)

4 May 2006 15:24

Rank Group PLC04 May 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE RANK GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST DEUTSCHE BANK AG 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 NO LONGER A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST IN COMPANY IN (2) ABOVE AND ANY OF ITS 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 (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 2 MAY 2006 11) Date company informed 4 MAY 2006 12) Total holding following this notification SEE BELOW LETTER 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) SEE BELOW LETTER 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries CLARE DUFFILL ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY TEL: 0207 706 1111 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ..4 MAY 2006........ Letter to Rank Group plcDated 02 May 2006 Disclosure of interests in shares Further to our letter of 28 April 2006 and in accordance with Section 198-202 ofthe UK Companies Act 1985, we are writing on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG toinform you that on the basis that the relevant issued share capital of yourcompany is 606,717,356 ordinary shares, Deutsche Bank AG, and its subsidiarycompanies no longer have a notifiable interest in the ordinary shares of RankGroup Plc. Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany, of whichDeutsche Bank AG London is a branch. If you require any further information concerning this notification, please contact Andrew Anderson, Sabrina Samuel or David Lindsay in the Compliance Department of Deutsche Bank AG London. Letter from Deutsche Bank AG London This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange