Private shareholders FAQs

Rank’s e-communications and other online facilities are provided by our registrars:

Equiniti Limited (reference 1235)
Aspect House
Spencer Road
Lancing
West Sussex
BN99 6DA

Telephone from the UK: 0871 384 2098
Telephone from outside the UK: +44 (0) 121 415 7161
Textphone: 0871 384 2255

(Calls to 0871 numbers are charged at 8p per minute from a BT landline. Other telephony provider costs may vary.)

Go to www.shareview.co.uk maintained by the registrar. The site gives direct access to data held for you on the share register including:

• recent share movements and dividend details;
• a valuation of your portfolio based on recent share prices;
• a range of useful information and practical help for shareholders.

There is no charge to set up your own portfolio; you will just need your ‘shareholder reference’ printed on your proxy form or dividend stationery. Please see site for more details.

Please write to the registrars giving full details of:

• your old address;
• your new address.

Alternatively, please complete the Change of Address form and send it to the registrars.

Please contact the registrars. You will normally have to produce a sealed copy of a grant of probate (confirmation in Scotland) or letters of administration. However, if the value of the total estate is no more than the Inheritance Tax limit and the value of the Rank shares is less than £10,000 then, in certain circumstances, a special small estates procedure may be utilised. Our registrars will advise you.

Please write to the registrars giving:

• your old name;
• your new name; and
• a copy of any legal documentation, such as a marriage certificate or deedpoll.

If your name had changed as a result of a separation or divorce, and you wish to revert to your maiden name, a copy of your birth certificate is required.
Further information can be obtained from the registrar’s website at www.shareview.co.uk.

This might be the case because either:

• you have moved house and have not yet informed the registrars of your change of address; or
• you have not elected to receive notices and documents through the post in paper form and therefore you will only have been sent a written notification of their publication on Rank’s website.

The registrars keep a record of your name, address and the number of shares you own and can arrange to issue a duplicate certificate if necessary. If you have lost a certificate, please report this to the registrars as soon as possible so they can put a ‘stop’ on that certificate. Before a replacement certificate can be issued, you will be sent an indemnity to complete should a dispute arise over ownership at a later stage.

Alternatively, please complete the Lost Share Certificate Form and send it to the registrars.

You will need to obtain a stock transfer form from our registrars. This needs to completed and returned to them, together with your share certificate.

Alternatively, you can download and complete a Stock Transfer Form from our website and send it to our registrars.

Note: Where the transfer is for a cash consideration, you will need to seek advice from the HM Revenue and Customs about the payment of stamp duty. Please telephone 01604 541 100 for details of your local HM Revenue and Customs office.

If you have lost or not received a dividend, please contact the registrars.

Your dividend can be paid either by cheque or directly into your bank or building society account. If you wish to have dividends paid by direct transfer, the benefits are as follows:

• avoids the risk of cheques being lost in the post or mislaid;
• saves a trip to the bank to pay the cheque;
• dividend is credited to your account on the payment date so no delay in waiting for cheque to clear.

A tax voucher will be sent directly to your registered address so you know when and how much has been paid into your account.

If you would like your dividends paid in this way, please complete the Dividend Mandate Form and send it to the registrars.

You can download a copy from the Reports section.

For the purposes of calculating UK Capital Gains Tax on a disposal of ordinary shares held in the Company since 31 March 1982 (including shares held in the predecessor company, The Rank Organisation Plc), the price of the Company’s ordinary shares at that date was 190p per share. This price should be adjusted for the effects of the rights issue in January 1990, the enhanced share alternative in July 1993, the sub-division and consolidation of shares in March 1994 and the enhanced scrip dividend in March 1998, as detailed below.

Please contact your financial advisor, stockbroker or accountant.

Go to the Share Price and Interactive Chart page of this website and select the appropriate time period, or if this does not go back far enough The London Stock Exchange can provide this information. For details please call 020 7588 2355 or look on their website www.londonstockexchange.com.

In the United States, until 31 August 2005, the Company's ordinary shares were traded in the form of American Depository Shares, evidenced by ADRs. Each American Depositary Share represented two ordinary shares.

On 31 August 2005, the ADR programme was terminated and the ADRs were delisted from NASDAQ. Following the termination of the programme, any queries regarding ADR holder accounts should be directed to:

JP Morgan Chase Bank
JP Morgan Chase ADR Service Center
PO Box 43013
Providence
RI 02940-3013
USA
Tel: 1-800-428-4237 (toll free in the USA)
or +1-781-575-4328 (from outside the USA)

This is most likely because you purchased your shares at different times. If you would like to combine your accounts, please contact our registrars.

Alternatively, you may download and complete the Share Account Combination Form from our website and return it to our registrars.

Please go to the Financial calendar section of our website.

Please go to the Financial calendar section of our website.

The Rank Group Plc shares were listed on the London Stock Exchange on 7 October 1996. The ticker is RNK.L.