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Rank Group PLC31 March 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE RANK GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST BARCLAYS PLC 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 NOTIFIABLE INTEREST OF COMPANIES IN (2) ABOVE AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE LETTER BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 6) Percentage of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) Percentage of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 29 MARCH 06 11) Date company informed 31 MARCH 06 12) Total holding following this notification 18,579,216 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.02% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries CLARE DUFFILLASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification CLARE DUFFILL Date of Notification .....31 MARCH 2006................... Letter to: The Rank Group PLCDated 31 March 2006 Companies Act 1985 ("The Act") - Part VI I hereby inform you that as at 29 March 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legalentities listed on the schedule below, has a notifiable interest in the capitalof your Company of 3.02%. Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders (as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are shown below. The issued capital of 614,811,271 is the latest figure available to us. Contact: Geoff Smith 020 7116 2913 Letter from Barclays REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT RANK GROUP SEDOL: 0724076 As at 29 March 2006 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listed below,had a notifiable interest in 18,579,216 ORD GBP0.10 representing 3.02% of theissued share capital of 614,811,271 units. Registered Holder Account Designation Holding BANK OF IRELAND 426353 874,730BANK OF NEW YORK 43,802BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -2,090,896BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 1,861,044BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 2,100,550BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -618,204Barclays Global Investors Canada 39,596Barclays Trust Co & Others 2,222Barclays Trust Co OMC69 C 000000000000000000 3,125Barclays Trust Co R69 C 000000000000000000 1,555BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 378,464CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 330,839CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 202,674Clydesdale Nominees HGB0125 69296301 8,500Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 19,750INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 162,916INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,731,360INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 152,012INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 17,010INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 110,742INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 675,001INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 3,211,205INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,281INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 22,750INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 9,242INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 58,577INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 10,051JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 175,707JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16338 37,525JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 378,832JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16342 78,940JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 6,134,119JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18408 28,247JPMorgan Chase Bank 6,350JPMorgan Chase Bank 39,176JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 20,249JPMorgan Chase Bank 17,486JPMorgan Chase Bank 6,160JPMorgan Chase Bank 5,197JPMorgan Chase Bank 31,907JPMorgan Chase Bank 67,671JPMorgan Chase Bank 339,049JPMorgan chase Bank 82,826JPMorgan Chase Bank 88,237JPMorgan Chase Bank 66,698JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 58,324Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 48,080Mitsui Asset 7,238R C Greig Nominees Limited 118,659R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 11,150R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 12,990R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 35,512R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 4,630STATE STREET BOSTON 348,959Trust & Custody Services Bank 5,400 ---------- Total 18,579,216 ---------- LEGAL ENTITY REPORT RANK GROUP SEDOL: 0724076 As at 29 March 2006 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 18,579,216 ORD GBP0.10 representing 3.01% of theissued share capital of 614,811,271 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Held Barclays Global Investors Japan Trust & Banking 705,231 0.1147Barclays Global Investors Japan Ltd 58,164 0.0095Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 6,902 0.0011Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 58,324 0.0095Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 8,500 0.0014Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 873,678 0.1421Barclays Global Fund Advisors 3,063,298 0.4982Gerrard Ltd 202,691 0.0330Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 1,252,494 0.2037Barclays Global Investors, Ltd 7,746,399 1.2599Barclays Global Investors, N.A. 4,563,939 0.7423Barclays Global Investors Canada Ltd 39,596 0.0064 Group Holding 18,579,216 3.0218 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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