Rentokil Initial PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 23, 2015

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RNS Number : 0375D

Rentokil Initial PLC

23 January 2015

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		22.01.15
6. Date on which issuer notified:		23.01.15
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		From 15% - 14%

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	275,456,777				269,329,932			278,742,935			N/A	265,903,323		N/A	14.587%
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 / 1.32644			27/01/2015			N/A				(531,919)				-0.029%
Call Option / 1.27611			10/02/2015			N/A				(1,000,559)				-0.055%
Call Option / 1.28796			24/02/2015			N/A				(750,395)				-0.041%
Call Option / 1.24854			12/03/2015			N/A				(628,959)				-0.035%
Call Option / 1.25832			19/03/2015			N/A				(691,630)				-0.038%
Call Option / 1.25773			08/04/2015			N/A				(616,928)				-0.034%
Call Option / 1.32397			17/04/2015			N/A				(530,454)				-0.029%
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		6,310,900				Nominal		Delta
0.346%		1
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights									Percentage of voting rights
272,214,223									14.934%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Schroder Investment Management Limited    269,379,042              14.778% Schroders (C.I.) Limited                                             50,025                         0.003% Schroder & Co. Limited                                              2,785,156                    0.153%
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 1,822,832,965.
14. Contact name:									Alexandra Laan, Rentokil Initial plc
15. Contact telephone number:									01276 607444

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