Rank Regulatory News (RNK)

3 Mar 2008 18:01

Rank Group PLC03 March 2008 The Rank Group Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares Fidelity International On 3 March 2008, the Company received a notification fromFidelity International Limited ("FIL"), under the obligations imposed by theFSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules (the "DTR Rules") that, as at 28 February2008, it had a notifiable indirect interest in the voting rights attached to16,307,581 Ordinary 13 8/9p shares of The Rank Group Plc ("Rank") representing4.17% of the total voting rights in Rank. The nominee or registered name in which the shares are held is set out in theSchedule below. SCHEDULE Nominee/Registered Name: Management Company: (see Note) Bank of New York Brussels FPM 501,100 Chase Manhattan Bank AG FPM 65,700 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 222,312 Northern Trust London FPM 1,758,136 State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn FPM 492,708 State Street Hong Kong FIA(K)L 477,900 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FII 1,105,918 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. FIJ 17,700 HSBC Trinkaus und Burkh AG FIL 78,100 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FIL 1,862,600 Morgan Stanley London FIL 465,094 NordDeutsche Landersbank FIL 72,900 Northern Trust London FIL 637,400 State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn FIL 172,000 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 8,378,013 TOTAL INTEREST 16,307,581 Note FPM - Fidelity Pension Management FIA(K)L - Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited FII - Fidelity Investments International FIJ - Fidelity Investments Japan FIL - Fidelity International Limited FISL - Fidelity Investment Services Limited 3 March 2008 website: www.rank.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange