RNS Number : 6806Z
Rank Group PLC
23 July 2008
The Rank Group Plc
- Notification of Major Interest in Shares
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
On 22 July 2008, the Company received notification from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS
Inc") (under the obligations imposed by
Section DTR5 of the FSA's Disclosure & Transparency Rules) that, as at 18 July 2008, GS Inc
had a notifiable interest in the voting rights
attached to 70,565,512 Ordinary 13 8/9p shares representing 18.07% of the total voting rights
in The Rank Group Plc.
Notes
Indirect Interest (i.e. as custodian for its customers):
a) The interest in 69,574,372 shares (17.82% of the Company's total voting rights)
arose from an interest held by Goldman, Sachs &
Co., a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of GS Inc, acting as custodian for its customers. These
shares are, or will be, registered in the name
of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), Limited.
The voting rights in respect of 69,514,372 of the shares comprised in the above indirect
interest (representing 17.80% of the Company's
total voting rights) were included in the RNS announcement issued by the Company on 22 July
2008 in respect of Hong Leong Company (Malaysia)
Berhad's interest. These voting rights 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.
Direct Interest (i.e. proprietary ownership):
b) The interest in 991,140 shares (0.25% of the Company's total voting rights) arose
from a beneficial interest held by Goldman Sachs
International, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of GS Inc. These shares are, or will be,
registered at CREST in account CREPTEMP.
23 July 2008
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