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Rank Group PLC 24 August 2001 DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS 1) NAME OF COMPANY RANK GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST CGNU 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 NO LONGER A NOTIFIABLE INTEREST OF COMPANY IN (2) 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) ( %) of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) ( %) of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 21 AUG 2001 11) Date company informed 24 AUG 2001 12) Total holding following this notification 17,716,989 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 2.99% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries CLARE DUFFILL 020 7535 8133 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ...20 AUG 2001..................... THE RANK GROUP PLC (THE 'COMPANY') - SEDOL 0724076 This notification supersedes our previous notification to you dated 12 April 2001. This notification relates to issued ordinary shares of GBPO.10 each in the capital of the Company (the 'shares') and is given in fulfilment of the obligations imposed by sections 198 to 202 of the Companies Act 1985 (the 'Act'). 1. Notification on behalf of Morley Fund Management Limited (a subsidiary of CGNU Plc). 1.1 Morley Fund Management Limited no longer have a notifiable interest in the shares. 2. Notification on behalf of CGNU plc. 2.1 CGNU plc no longer have a notifiable interest in the shares. We are only required to notify interests which are defined as material interests when the holding is equal to 3% or more or the company's relevant share capital. The term material interests exclude certain categories where we do not hold a beneficial interest, for example where the shares are held in an Authorised Unit Trust Scheme or Open Ended Investment Company. Holdings in those categories are therefore not included in the holding notified under this letter. Margaret Watts For and on behalf of CGNU plc THE COMPANY SECRETARY 21 AUGUST 2001 THE RANK GROUP PLC APPENDIX: MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED REGISTERED HOLDER NUMBER OF SHARES HELD BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 8,836,481 (Material) Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 3,700,369 (Material) Chase Nominees Ltd 19,275 (Material) CUIM Nominee Ltd 5,160,864 (Material) TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF MORLEY FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED: 2.99% ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 591,874,084 THE COMPANY SECRETARY 21 AUGUST 2001 THE RANK GROUP PLC APPENDIX: CGNU PLC REGISTERED HOLDERS NUMBER OF SHARES HELD BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 8,836,481 (Material) Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 3,700,369 (Material) Chase Nominees Ltd 19,275 (Material) CUIM Nominee Ltd 5,160,864 (Material) TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF CGNU PLC: 2.99% ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL ON WHICH THIS NOTIFICATION IS BASED: 591,874,084

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