RNS Number : 1261U

Rentokil Initial PLC

13 October 2014



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		Rentokil Initial plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			No
Other (please specify):___________________________			No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	09 October 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	13 October 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below the threshold of 10%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B082RF11	182,683,258	182,683,258	1,448,092	1,448,092	180,829,716	0.0794%	9.9203%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise Price	Expiration date	Exercise / conversion period	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
182,277,808	9.9997%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:

Registered Owner

Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA08	162,404
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 41407	18,141,619
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c XC7N	5,997,791
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 683182	3,547,704
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740190	633,266
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 739874	3,277,574
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 740311	332,758
The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited	A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799	810,079
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited	A/c 811056	323,618
Nortrust Nominees LTD	A/c BBH05	1,371,444
State Street Nominees Limited	A/c 2GQ6	27,592,907
William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd	A/c 301780	329,188
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA03	32,529,767
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07198	1,242,876
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 27642	205,216
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10478	76,768
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA09	83,047
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10479	38,791
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA12	1,297,295
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA14	397,977
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 07207	2,504,758
Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd	A/c WWSF0004002	1,858,426
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 18667	2,663,190
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10469	1,524,018
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10496	41,472,260
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10492	5,390,351
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10491	13,821,902
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 10488	6,763,753
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c 31348	2,589,507
Littledown Nominees Ltd	A/c ZLA15	5,297,554

14 Contact name:

Alexandra Laan, Assistant Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone name:

01276 607444

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