Rentokil Initial PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 11, 2014

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RNS Number : 0505C

Rentokil Initial PLC

11 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		10.03.14
6. Date on which issuer notified:		11.03.14
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	278,137,768				266,273,306			279,354,904			N/A	267,490,442		N/A	14.718%
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
272,749,522									15.01%
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               15,500,704                  0.853%    Schroder Investment Management Limited    254,168,997                13.985% 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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