Holding in Company

Rank Group PLC
9 November 2001

                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

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

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)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES


10)  Date of transaction

06 NOV 2001


11)  Date company informed

09 NOV 2001


12)  Total holding following this notification

23,291,274 

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


3.93%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

CHARLES CORMICK
020 7535 8012


16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ......09 NOV 2001..................



LETTER TO THE RANK GROUP PLC - DATED 6 NOVEMBER 2001

Companies Act 1985 ('The Act')

I hereby inform you that as of the date of this letter Barclays PLC, through its
subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, has a notifiable interest in the capital of your 
Company of 3.93%

Details of this interest, together with a breakdown between registered holders 
(as required by Section 202(3) of the Act), are set out on the schedule below.

The issued capital of 591,837,204 is the latest figure available to us. 

LETTER FROM GEOFF SMITH, BARCLAYS PLC



Barclays Bank PLC - Registered Holders Analysis

As at 06.11.2001 Barclays PLC, through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC, had a 
notifiable interest of 23,291,274 ORD GBP0.10 units representing 3.93% of the 
issued share capital of 591837204 units.

Registered Holder                                                      Holding
MSTC Nominees Ltd                                                        8,500
Barclays Capital Nominees Limited                                       24,166
Dematerialised                                                           3,125
Chase Nominees Limited                              16331              244,265
Chase Nominees Limited                              16338               29,060
Chase Nominees Limited                              16341            1,091,183
Chase Nominees Limited                              16342               73,281
Chase Nominees Limited                              16344              212,060
Chase Nominees Limited                              16345              374,275
Chase Nominees Limited                              16376              112,900
Chase Nominees Limited                              16400            5,778,756  
Chase Nominees Limited                              16530            1,354,957
Chase Nominees Limited                              18408               77,420
Chase Nominees Limited                              20947            7,172,532
DEM69                                                                      559
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd & third party nominee                           803
Chase Manhattan Bank London                                          4,546,496  
Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited
  a/c 5782A                                                          1,175,079
***Unknown***                                                          862,203
***Unknown***                                                           10,901
***Unknown***                                                           39,011
***Unknown***                                                           31,248
***Unknown***                                                           41,981
***Unknown***                                                            9,399
***Unknown***                                                           17,144

                                                            Total   23,291,274