The company said about 7,000 of its 7,600 workers had been furloughed and would receive 80% of their salary under the government's job retention scheme, while its directors also volunteered a 20% cut to pay.

Rank, whose like-for-like net gaming revenue fell 4% for the third quarter, forecast annual underlying operating profit between 48 million pounds and 58 million pounds, assuming its venues remain closed for the rest of the financial year.

(Reporting by Pushkala Aripaka in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)