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Rank Group PLC29 November 2006 The Rank Group Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares On 29 November 2006, the Company received notification from BriTel Fund TrusteesLimited (for Trustees of BT Pension Scheme - see Note below), under theobligations imposed by Sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 that, as at28 November 2006, it had a notifiable interest in 28,254,777 Ordinary 10p sharesof The Rank Group Plc (registered, or to be registered in the names set out inthe Schedule below) representing 5.22% of the issued share capital of The RankGroup Plc. SCHEDULE Registered Holders: Held on behalf of: BriTel Fund Nominees Limited Trustees of BT Pension Scheme 995,513 Chase Nominees Limited Hermes Assured Limited 4,647,527 Chase Nominees Limited Hermes UK Focus Fund (FF) 14,094,229 Chase Nominees Limited The Second Hermes UK Focus Fund (SF) 5,196,149 Chase Nominees Limited The Third Hermes UK Focus Fund (TF) 3,321,359 TOTAL INTEREST 28,254,777 Note The Trustees of the BT Pension Scheme control BriTel Fund Trustees Limited, which is the owner of Hermes Pensions Management Limited. Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited, Hermes Investment Management Limited, Hermes Assured Limited and Hermes SLP Limited are all subsidiaries of Hermes Pensions Management Limited. At the date of this announcement, the Issued Share Capital of The Rank Group Plcis 541,513,756 Ordinary 10p Shares. 29 November 2006 website: www.rank.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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