Rank Regulatory News (RNK)

14 Sep 2006 16:41

Rank Group PLC14 September 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 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 LETTER BELOW 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 13 SEPT 2006 11) Date company informed 14 SEPT 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 79,646,374 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 13.74% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries PAMELA COLES COMPANY SECRETARY TEL: 020 7706 1111 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 14 SEPT 2006 Amendment 35 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 - - U.K. 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), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management (FPM) and Fidelity Investments International(FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: 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 the direct and indirect subsidiaries of 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 35 Current ownership percentage: 13.74% Total Shares Held: 79,646,374 Shares in issue: 579,762,452 Change in holding since last filing: (6,087,200) ordinary shares MANAGEMENT SHARES HELD COMPANY NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 3,747,636 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 4,350,290 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON 4,186,200 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 3,082,320 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S 1,062,500 FPM MELLON BANK 902,000 FPM HSBC BANK PLC 575,800 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON 555,800 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 285,400 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES 51,216,732 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 5,228,888 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX 277,300 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS 3,304,708 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH 870,800 FG BNP PARIBAS, PARIS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange