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Rank Group PLC

01 February 2018

The Rank Group Plc

LEI: 213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12

1 February 2018

Director/PDMR Shareholding

The Rank Group Plc ("Rank") announces that it has been notified of the following transactions in the Company's ordinary 13 (8) /(9) p shares undertaken by directors / persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMRs"):

 
 Name                Position            of shares    of shares   Total 
                                          purchased    sold        holding 
                                                                   post-notification 
------------------  ------------------  -----------  ----------  ------------------- 
 Henry Benedict 
  Birch              Chief Executive        127,837           0              227,837 
------------------  ------------------  -----------  ----------  ------------------- 
 Michael Ian         Non-executive 
  Burke               Chairman                    0     184,000              579,556 
------------------  ------------------  -----------  ----------  ------------------- 
 Clive Adrian 
  Roynon Jennings    Finance Director        56,571           0              119,071 
------------------  ------------------  -----------  ----------  ------------------- 
 

LR 6.14.3 provides that certain holdings of shares in premium listed companies are not regarded as being in public hands (the 'free float'). Shares held by directors and their connected persons are included within the categories of shareholdings not regarded as being in public hands. Rank's free float position as at 31 December 2017 was 25.05%. So as to allow executive directors to purchase more shares in Rank, the non-executive chairman, Ian Burke, has sold sufficient shares to enable the executive directors' share purchases to take place without reducing Rank's free float position.

The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulations.

 
  1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
  a)    Name                                                           Michael Ian Burke 
  2     Reason for the notification 
  a)    Position/status                                                PDMR (Chairman) 
  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    Ordinary 13(8) /(9) p shares 
         Identification code                                            GB00B1L5QH97 
  b)    Nature of the transaction                                      Share sale 
  c)    Price(s) and volume(s)                                           Price(s)      Volume(s) 
                                                                          GBP2.2650     184,000 
  d)    Aggregated information  -    Aggregated volume 
 
           -    Price 
  e)    Date of the transaction                                        1 February 2018 
  f)    Place of the transaction                                       London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) 
 
 
  1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
  a)    Name                                                           Henry Benedict Birch 
  2     Reason for the notification 
  a)    Position/status                                                PDMR (Chief Executive) 
  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    Ordinary 13(8) /(9) p shares 
         Identification code                                            GB00B1L5QH97 
  b)    Nature of the transaction                                      Share purchase 
  c)    Price(s) and volume(s)                                           Price(s)      Volume(s) 
                                                                          GBP2.2650     127,837 
  d)    Aggregated information  -    Aggregated volume 
 
           -    Price 
  e)    Date of the transaction                                        1 February 2018 
  f)    Place of the transaction                                       London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) 
 
 
  1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated 
  a)    Name                                                           Clive Adrian Roynon Jennings 
  2     Reason for the notification 
  a)    Position/status                                                PDMR (Finance Director) 
  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    Ordinary 13(8) /(9) p shares 
         Identification code                                            GB00B1L5QH97 
  b)    Nature of the transaction                                      Share purchase 
  c)    Price(s) and volume(s)                                           Price(s)      Volume(s) 
                                                                          GBP2.2650     56,571 
  d)    Aggregated information  -    Aggregated volume 
 
           -    Price 
  e)    Date of the transaction                                        1 February 2018 
  f)    Place of the transaction                                       London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) 
 

ENQUIRIES

   Frances Bingham, Company Secretary         01628 504 192 

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