RNS Number : 6119Z
Rank Group PLC
22 July 2008
The Rank Group Plc
- Notification of Major Interest in Shares
Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad
On 22 July 2008, the Company received notification, under the obligations imposed by
Section DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency
Rules, from Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad ("Hong Leong Co.") that, as at 18 July 2008,
Hong Leong Co. had a notifiable interest in
the voting rights attached to 70,614,372 Ordinary 13 8/9p shares representing 18.08% of the
total voting rights in The Rank Group Plc.
Notes
The voting rights in the Shares are held by Asia Fountain Investment Company Limited
("AFI"). AFI is a controlled undertaking of Guoco
Equity Assets Limited, which is a controlled undertaking of Guoco Group Limited ("GGL"). GGL
is a controlled undertaking of GuoLine Overseas
Limited which is a controlled undertaking of GuoLine Capital Assets Limited ("GCAL"). GCAL is
a controlled undertaking of Hong Leong Company
(Malaysia) Berhad.
Goldman, Sachs & Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.("GS Inc"), acting as custodian for AFI, also
has an indirect interest in the shares which are the subject of this notification ("the
Shares"). 66,685,027 of the Shares are registered in
the name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited and were the subject of a notification
made by GS Inc on 10 July 2008 and it is
expected that the balance of 3,929,345 of the Shares will shortly be registered in the name of
Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited.
22 July 2008
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