Rank Regulatory News (RNK)

24 Jan 2008 14:00

Rank Group PLC24 January 2008 The Rank Group Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad On 24 January 2008, the Company received notification, under the obligationsimposed by Section DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules, from HongLeong Company (Malaysia) Berhad ("Hong Leong Co.") that, as at 22 January 2008,Hong Leong Co. had a notifiable interest in the voting rights attached to15,957,851 Ordinary 13 8/9p shares representing 4.09% of the total voting rightsin The Rank Group Plc. Note: The voting rights are held by Asia Fountain Investment Company Limited ("AFI").AFI is a controlled undertaking of Guoco Equity Assets Limited, which is acontrolled undertaking of Guoco Group Limited ("GGL"). GGL is a controlledundertaking of GuoLine Overseas Limited which is a controlled undertaking ofGuoLine Capital Assets Limited ("GCAL"). GCAL is a controlled undertaking ofHong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad. 24 January 2008 website: www.rank.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange