24th Nov 2006 12:00
Rank Group PLC24 November 2006 The Rank Group Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares On 24 November 2006, the Company received notification fromDevon County Council, under the obligations imposed by Sections 198 to 202 ofthe Companies Act 1985 that, as at 22 November 2006, it had a notifiableinterest in 16,442,066 Ordinary 10p shares of The Rank Group Plc (registered, orto be registered in the names set out in the Schedule below) representing 3.04%of the issued share capital of The Rank Group Plc. The County Council does not have a direct holding in the above-mentioned sharesbut is an interested party by virtue of its relationship with Hermes Focus AssetManagement Limited. SCHEDULE Registered Holders: Held on behalf of: Chase Nominees Limited Hermes UK Focus Fund (FF) 13,306,885 Chase Nominees Limited The Third Hermes UK Focus Fund (TF) 3,135,181 TOTAL INTEREST 16,442,066 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 541,485,338 Ordinary 10p Shares. 24 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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