18 Jun 2008 09:05
The Rank Group Plc
- Notification of Major Interest in Shares
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
On 17 June 2008, the Company received notification from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Inc") (under the obligations imposed by Section DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules) that, as at 13 June 2008, GS Inc had a notifiable interest in the voting rights attached to 51,192,470 Ordinary 13 8/9p shares representing 13.11% of the total voting rights in The Rank Group Plc.
Notes
Indirect Interest (i.e. as custodian for its customers):
The interest in 51,192,470 shares (13.11% of the Company's total voting rights) arose from an interest held by Goldman, Sachs & Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for its customers. These shares are, or will be, registered in the name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited.
The voting rights in respect of 51,132,470 of the shares comprised in the above indirect interest (representing 13.09% of the Company's total voting rights) were the subject of an RNS announcement issued by the Company on 13 June 2008. These voting rights are held by Asia Fountain Investment Company Limited ("AFI"). AFI is a controlled undertaking of Guoco Equity Assets Limited, which is a controlled undertaking of Guoco Group Limited ("GGL"). GGL is a controlled undertaking of GuoLine Overseas Limited which is a controlled undertaking of GuoLine Capital Assets Limited ("GCAL"). GCAL is a controlled undertaking of Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad.
18 June 2008
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