Holding(s) in Company
January 05 2004 - 9:41AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:8356T
Rank Group PLC
5 January 2004
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) NAME OF COMPANY
THE RANK GROUP PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
PRUDENTIAL 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
19 DECEMBER 2003
11) Date company informed
5 JANUARY 2004
12) Total holding following this notification
19,274,451
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.24%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CLARE DUFFILL
ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY
THE RANK GROUP
6 CONNAUGHT PLACE
LONDON W2 2EZ
020 7535 8133
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification .....05 JANUARY 2004.....
SCHEDULE 10
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1) NAME OF COMPANY
THE RANK GROUP PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
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
19 DECEMBER 2003
11) Date company informed
5 JANUARY 2004
12) Total holding following this notification
18,178,710
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.05%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
CLARE DUFFILL
ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY
THE RANK GROUP
6 CONNAUGHT PLACE
LONDON W2 2EZ
020 7535 8133
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
Date of Notification .....05 JANUARY 2004.....
LETTER TO: RANK GROUP PLC
Companies Act 1985 (as amended)
Disclosure of Interests in Shares
In accordance with part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the "Act"),
we write to inform you that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary
companies, have a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of your
company as detailed in the schedule below.
For the purposes of S210 of the Act, the address for those companies identified
in the schedule is Laurence Pountney Hill London EC4R 0HH.
From: Colin Houghton
for and on behalf of Prudential plc.
Notifiable Position Report for RANK GROUP ORD GBP0.10
as at 19 December 2003
Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 594,803,630
ORD GBP0.10 shares
Registered Holder Holding %
Prudential plc 19,274,451 3.24 Total Notifiable Interest
M&G (LOMBARD ST) NOMS FPE 68,443
MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SALI 214,584
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC 15,212,668
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC 2,728,160
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SAL AC 23,298
PRUDENTIAL HOLBORN PENSIONS LD 776
ROY NOMINEES 578079 204,745
ROY NOMS LTD 578052 111,858
ROY NOMS LTD 578141 231,233
ROY NOMS LTD 578192 478,686
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited 18,178,710 3.05
MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI 214,584
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC 15,212,668
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC 2,728,160
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SAL AC 23,298
This information is provided by RNS
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