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29 Oct 2007 09:30

Rank Group PLC29 October 2007 The Rank Group Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares 1) On 26 October 2007, the Company received notification from Morgan Stanley(under the obligations imposed by Section DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure &Transparency Rules) that, as at 17 October 2007, Morgan Stanley SecuritiesLimited had a notifiable interest in the voting rights attached to 13,983,251Ordinary 13 8/9p shares of The Rank Group Plc as shown in the Schedule below,representing 3.58% of the total voting rights in The Rank Group Plc. SCHEDULE Number of voting rights B: Financial instruments Option expiration dates Long call option - 01/2009 1,003,260 Long call option - 01/2009 1,504,891 Long call option - 01/2009 1,003,260 SubTotal 3,511,411 A: Voting rights attached to shares Ordinary 13 8/9p Shares (direct) 10,471,840 Grand Total 13,983,251 2) On 26 October 2007, the Company received notification from Morgan Stanley(under the obligations imposed by Section DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure &Transparency Rules) that, as at 22 October 2007, Morgan Stanley SecuritiesLimited ceased to have a notifiable interest (i.e. its aggregate shareholding isbelow 3%) in the voting rights attached to Ordinary 13 8/9p shares of The RankGroup Plc. 29 October 2007 website: www.rank.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange