Rank Regulatory News (RNK)

17 Jan 2005 18:08

Rank Group PLC17 January 2005 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 BELOW LETTER 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 JANUARY 05 11) Date company informed 17 JANUARY 05 12) Total holding following this notification 83,464,712 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 13.37% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries CLARE DUFFILL 020 7706 1111 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ...17 JANUARY 2005....... Revised Amendment #15 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK 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 management 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) and Fidelity Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings). 3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of: Mr 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 its direct and indirect subsidiaries or 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 # 15 SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED COMPANY NAME 16,000 FIA(K)L STATE STREET HONG KONG Total 2,907,809 FII BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE LDN Total 1,846,156 FII JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 99,000 FIL MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN Total 91,200 FIL BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total 535,229 FIL BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX Total 883,892 FIL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 410,400 FIL NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE Total 176,600 FIL NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total 158,740 FIL STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total 35,900,493 FISL JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 988,558 FMRCO BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO Total 11,926,285 FMRCO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total 2,796,306 FMRCO MELLON BANK N.A. Total 139,900 FMRCO NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total 4,401,925 FMRCO STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO Total 144,400 FMTC BANK OF NEW YORK Total 622,004 FMTC BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO Total 239,800 FMTC JPMORGAN CHASE BANK Total 291,600 FMTC NORTHERN TRUST CO Total 1,459,014 FMTC STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO Total 3,893,500 FPM BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS Total 556,200 FPM BANKERS TRUST LONDON Total 14,600 FPM CHASE MANHATTAN LONDON Total 101,500 FPM CHASE MANHTTN BK AG FRNKFRT (S Total 515,900 FPM CITIBANK LONDON Total 189,200 FPM CLYDESDALE BANK PLC Total 11,700 FPM DEXIA PRIVATBANK Total 533,500 FPM HSBC BANK PLC Total 2,596,830 FPM JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH Total 1,528,027 FPM MELLON BANK Total 279,300 FPM MIDLAND SECURITIES SERVICES Total 31,800 FPM NORDEA BANK AB Total 5,623,683 FPM NORTHERN TRUST LONDON Total 1,553,661 FPM STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S Total 83,464,712 Grand Total Ordinary Shares CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 13.37% SHARES IN ISSUE: 624,055,505 CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE LAST FILING: (6,699,288) ORDINARY SHARES This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange