RNS Number : 2840C

Rentokil Initial PLC

13 March 2014



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Rentokil Initial plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					ü
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		12.03.14
6. Date on which issuer notified:		13.03.14
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		15%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary GB00B082RF11

279,354,904

267,490,442

273,454,358

N/A

261,589,896

N/A

14.393%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

Call Option / 1.18788

13/03/2014

N/A

-740,928

-0.041

Call Option / 1.20458

20/03/2014

N/A

-406,628

-0.022

Call Option / 1.23382

08/04/2014

N/A

-921,608

-0.051

Call Option / 1.27405

16/04/2014

N/A

-627,016

-0.034

Call Option / 1.2858

29/04/2014

N/A

-861,011

-0.047

Call Option / 1.31914

14/05/2014

N/A

-470,965

-0.026

Call Option / 1.34801

28/05/2014

N/A

-555,921

-0.031

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

5,259,080

Nominal

Delta

-0.289

1

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

266,848,976

14.68%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Cazenove Capital Management Ltd                           21,000,704                  1.155%    Schroder Investment Management Limited             242,768,451                13.357% Schroders Channel Islands Limited                                  50,025                  0.003% Schroder & Co Limited                                                 3,029,796                  0.167%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 1,817,498,329.

14. Contact name:

Paul Griffiths, Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

01276 607 444

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