20th Jul 2007 14:50
Rank Group PLC20 July 2007 The Rank Group Plc - Notification of Major Interest in Shares On 20 July 2007, the Company received notification from Aviva plc, under theobligations imposed by Section DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rulesthat, as at 19 July 2007, Aviva plc and its subsidiaries had a notifiableinterest in the voting rights attached to 15,151,235 Ordinary 13 8/9p shares ofThe Rank Group Plc (registered, or to be registered in the names set out in theSchedule below) representing 3.88% of the total voting rights in The Rank GroupPlc. Aviva plc has an additional interest in 199,398 voting rights which areconditional upon the conversion of its holding of Rank's 3.875 per cent.Convertible Bonds into Ordinary shares. If so converted, the percentage of theCompany's voting rights which it holds would increase by 0.05% to 3.93%. SCHEDULE Voting Rights attached to Shares (A) Registered Holders: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 5,644,641 Chase GA Group Nominees Limited 5,574,212 Chase Nominees Limited 837,922 CUIM Nominee Limited 2,956,269 Vidacos Nominees Limited 138,191 15,151,235 Voting Rights attached to Financial Instruments (B) Rank Group 3.875% Conv Bonds due 2009 199,398 Total Interest (A + B) 15,350,633 20 July 2007 website: www.rank.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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