19th Dec 2006 14:00
Rank Group PLC19 December 2006 The Rank Group Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares On 19 December 2006, the Company received notification fromFidelity International (on behalf of FMR Corp ("FMR"), Fidelity InternationalLimited ("FIL") and Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d - a principal shareholder in FMR andFIL), under the obligations imposed by Sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act1985 that, as at 18 December 2006, it had a notifiable interest in 53,214,362Ordinary 10p shares (in the nominee or registered name as set out in theSchedule below) representing 9.81% of the issued share capital of The Rank GroupPlc. SCHEDULE Nominee/Registered Name: Management Company: (see Note) JP Morgan, Bournemouth FPM 3,674,900 State Str Bk and Tr Co Lndn FPM 834,420 Northern Trust London FPM 1,876,327 HSBC Bank PLC FPM 944,600 Mellon Bank FPM 487,300 Bank of New York Brussels FPM 260,100 Bankers Trust London FPM 217,700 Midland Securities Services FPM 121,900 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FISL 18,012,528 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FIL 24,740,336 Brown Bros Harrimn Ltd Lux FIL 8,251 JP Morgan, Bournemouth FII 2,036,000 TOTAL INTEREST 53,214,362 Note FPM - Fidelity Pension Management FISL - Fidelity Investment Services Limited FIL - Fidelity International Limited FII - Fidelity Investments International 19 December 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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