Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. Name of company                   2. Name of shareholder having a major     
                                        interest                               
   Reckitt Benckiser plc                                                       
                                        Putnam Investment Management LLC/The   
                                        Putnam Advisory Company LLC            

3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,  
   indicates that it is in respect      if more than one holder, the number of 
   of holding of the shareholder        shares held by each of them            
   named in 2 above or in respect of                                           
   a non-beneficial interest or in      Registered holder(s) not provided to   
   the case of an individual holder     the Company by Putnam                  
   if it is a holding of that                                                  
   person's spouse or children under                                           
   the age of 18                                                               
                                                                               
   Shares held by Putnam Investment                                            
   Management LLC/The Putnam                                                   
   Advisory Company LLC ('Putnam')                                             
   on behalf of Putnam clients                                                 

5. Number of      6. Percentage of  7. Number of shares 8. Percentage of      
   shares/amount     issued class      /amount of stock    issued class       
   of stock                            disposed                               
   acquired                                                                   
                                                                              
   1,780,612                                                                  
   since last                                                                 
   notification                                                               
   in December                                                                
   2002                                                                       

9. Class of securities              10. Date of          11. Date company      
                                        transaction          informed          
   Ordinary shares of 10 10/19p                                                
                                        Not Provided         6 January 2003    

12. Total holding following this     13. Total percentage holding of issued    
    notification                         class following this notification     
                                                                               
    27,192,323                           3.85%                                 

14. Any additional information       15. Name of contact and telephone number  
                                         for queries                           
                                                                               
                                         Mrs E A Richardson, Assistant         
                                         Secretary                             
                                                                               
                                         Tel [phone]                      

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making   
    this notification                                                          
                                                                               
    Elizabeth Richardson, Assistant Secretary                                  
                                                                               
Date of notification 6 January 2003