Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rank Group PLC

16 December 2025

 

The Rank Group Plc (the "Company")

LEI: 213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

The Company announces that, on 15 December 2025, the following share awards ("Awards") over ordinary shares of 13 8/9 pence in the Company were granted to certain Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") under The Rank Group 2020 Deferred Bonus Plan ("Plan").

Executive Director/PDMR	Role	Amount of Deferred Bonus	Number of ordinary shares over which Deferred Bonus Plan awards granted
John O'Reilly	Chief Executive Officer	£353,412	327,597
Richard Harris	Chief Financial Officer	£177,450	164,488

The Awards were made in accordance with the Plan rules and as provided for in the 2025 Directors' Remuneration Report, which is available in the Company's 2025 Annual Report.

The Awards will vest (subject to continuing service) on 15 December 2027, being the second anniversary of the date on which the awards would have been granted. The number of ordinary shares over which the awards were granted was calculated based on a share price of 107.24 pence per ordinary share, being the average mid-market closing share price for the five business days prior to the grant date, as derived from the London Stock Exchange daily official list.

The below notifications are made in accordance with the Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended.

Enquiries:           

The Rank Group Plc                                                                        

Brian McLelland, Group Company Secretary

Contact number: 01628 504 000

Website: www.rank.com

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	John O'Reilly
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	The Rank Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97
b)	Nature of the transactions	Receipt of an award under the Rank Group 2020 Deferred Bonus Plan to vest on 15 December 2027
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 327,597
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	327,597 Nil
e)	Date of the transactions	2025-12-15
f)	Place of the transactions	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Richard Harris
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer (PDMR)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	The Rank Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97
b)	Nature of the transactions	Receipt of an award under the Rank Group 2020 Deferred Bonus Plan to vest on 15 December 2027
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 164,488
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	164,488 Nil
e)	Date of the transactions	2025-12-15
f)	Place of the transactions	Outside a trading venue

 

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