RNK Rank Group Plc

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Rank Group PLC

26 February 2015

The Rank Group Plc ("Rank")

- Notification of Major Interest in Shares

Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad

On 26 February 2015, Rank received notification, under the obligations imposed by Section DTR5 of the FCA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, from Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad ("Hong Leong Co.") that, as at 25 February 2015, Hong Leong Co. had a notifiable interest in the voting rights attached to 219,120,221ordinary 13(8) /(9) p shares representing 56.09% of the total voting rights in Rank.

Rank can now confirm that its free float is currently greater than the 25 per cent. threshold required under the Listing Rules.

Notes

The voting rights are held by Rank Assets Limited ("RAL"), Guoline Overseas Limited ("GOL") and Asian Financial Common Wealth (PTC) Limited ("AFCW") which hold 202,202,669, 15,830,300 and 1,087,252 shares respectively. AFCW is a controlled undertaking of Guoco Management Company Limited which is a controlled undertaking of Guoco Group Limited ("GGL"). RAL is a controlled undertaking of GGL which is a controlled undertaking of GOL. GOL is a controlled undertaking of GuoLine Capital Assets Limited which is a controlled undertaking of Hong Leong Co.

26 February 2015

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   The Rank Group Plc                                  Tel: 01628 504 072 

Frances Bingham, Company Secretary

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