Anticipated Completion of Acquisition of BHI

12th January 2006

                   ANTICIPATED COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OF                    
                        BOOTS HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL                         

Reckitt Benckiser plc (RB.L) today announced that the proposed acquisition of
Boots Healthcare International (BHI) is anticipated to complete at the end of
January 2006.

The EU competition authority gave unconditional clearance to the proposed
acquisition last week (announced on Friday 6th January). This follows similar
clearances in the USA and Australia amongst other jurisdictions.

For Further Information Reckitt Benckiser plc Tel [phone]
Tom Corran, SVP Investor Relations & Corporate Communications (all calls)
Fiona Fong Head of Corporate Communications (press calls)
Mark Wilson Corporate Controller & Investor Relations Manager (investor calls)

Tim Spratt Financial Dynamics telephone [phone]

Notes for Editors

Reckitt Benckiser is the world leader in household cleaning, excluding laundry,
and has a major presence in health and personal care. The Company is truly
global, with over 60 operating companies and over 40 manufacturing facilities
worldwide and has sales in 180 countries. The Company employs 20,000 people
around the world. Amongst the Company's leading brands in household are Lysol,
the world leader in disinfecting cleaning, Calgonit & Finish & Electrasol, the
world leaders in automatic dishwashing, Woolite, world leader in fine fabrics,
Vanish & Spray'nWash, world leaders in fabric treatment, Airwick and Mortein,
both No.2 brands in air care and pest control respectively. In Health &
Personal Care (15% of net revenues), leading brand positions include Veet, the
world number one depilatory and Dettol the world's leading antiseptic, Gaviscon
the No.1 gastro intestinal remedy in UK and Lemsip the UK no.1. in cold/flu
remedies.

Reckitt Benckiser is headquartered in Slough just outside London and is listed
on the London stock exchange. With a market capitalization of c.£12.5bn it
ranks among the top 30 UK listed companies. Reckitt Benckiser had net revenues
of £3.87bn, operating profit of £770m, and net income of £586m in 2004.



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