Directorate Change

6 May 2011

                                  RB Appoints                                  
                     EVP Category Development Organisation                     

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has appointed Heather Allen as executive vice president
(EVP) category development organisation; the role became vacant by Rakesh
Kapoor's appointment as CEO designate. The role places Heather Allen on the RB
executive committee and is effective 16 May 2011.

Heather Allen, Canadian, is currently global category officer germ protection,
surface and personal care, and has been with the business since 1996. After
doing a number of senior marketing roles in Eastern Europe, Heather became
marketing director of the USA in 1999. She was appointed general manager of
Canada in 2003 and joined the global head office in the UK as a global category
officer in 2006.

The EVP category development organisation role is based in the UK HQ.

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Notes to editors:

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is a world leader in household, health and personal
care.

It is a FTSE top 25 company and since 2000 net revenues have doubled and the
market cap has quadrupled. Today it is the global No 1 or No 2 in the majority
of its fast-growing categories, driven by an exceptional rate of innovation -
typically about one third of net revenue comes from innovations launched in the
prior 3 years. It has a strong portfolio led by 19 global powerbrands which
are: Finish, Lysol, Dettol, Vanish, Woolite, Durex, Calgon, Airwick, Harpic,
Bang, Mortein, Veet, Nurofen, Clearasil, Strepsils Gaviscon, Mucinex, Scholl
and French's, and they account for 69% of net revenue.

RB people are at the heart of the company's success. They have an intense drive
for progress and action and a desire to outperform wherever they focus,
including in CSR where the company has the most ambitious corporate
responsibility programme in the industry through its Carbon 20 initiative.

Headquartered in the United Kingdom, the company employs about 27,000 people
worldwide, with operations in over 60 countries and sales in almost 200
countries.
For more information visit RB.COM

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