Compulsory Acqn of Shares etc

Rentokil Initial PLC
21 June 2000


                  RENTOKIL INITIAL plc
                            
                    Recommended Offer
    for the entire issued share capital of Ratin A/S
                            
The  following is a translation of an announcement  which
was made by Rentokil Initial plc in Copenhagen today:

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange
21 June 2000
6 Nikolaj Plads
DK - 1007 Copenhagen K

Facsimile No. [phone]
                            
                            
MANDATORY EXCHANGE OFFER TO THE SHAREHOLDERS IN RATIN A/S
            DEMAND FOR COMPULSORY ACQUISITION
                            
                            
On   30   March  2000  Rentokil  Initial  plc  ('Rentokil
Initial')  made a voluntary offer to the shareholders  of
Ratin  A/S ('Ratin') to exchange their A and B shares  in
Ratin for newly issued ordinary shares in the capital  of
Rentokil  Initial  (the 'Voluntary  Offer').   The  offer
period  of  the  Voluntary Offer, after  being  extended,
expired on 29 May 2000.

At that date, as a result of acceptances of the Voluntary
Offer,  Rentokil Initial held more than 90  per  cent  of
Ratin's share capital, representing more than 90 per cent
of the voting rights.

MANDATORY OFFER
In order to comply with the Danish Securities Trading Act
and  the Danish Securities Council's Executive Order  No.
827  of 10 November 1999, Rentokil Initial has today made
a  mandatory offer to the remaining shareholders of Ratin
to  exchange  each of their A and B shares in  Ratin  for
34.706   new  Rentokil  Initial  ordinary  shares   ('the
Mandatory  Offer').  The offer document  has  been  filed
with   the  Copenhagen  Stock  Exchange  and  the   offer
advertisement  will  appear  in  tomorrow's  edition   of
Berlingske Tidende.

The  consideration under the Mandatory Offer is identical
to that under the Voluntary Offer.

The  Board  of  Ratin recommends that Ratin  shareholders
accept the Mandatory Offer.

The  full terms of the Mandatory Offer are set out in the
offer  document.  The offer document is being distributed
to   shareholders   listed   in   Ratin's   register   of
shareholders  except shareholders resident in  Australia,
Canada,  Japan  and certain states in the  United  States
where  making the Mandatory Offer would be illegal  under
the  laws  of  that  state.  The offer  document  can  be
obtained  from  Den Danske Bank, Emission,  2-12  Holmens
Kanal, DK - 1092 Copenhagen K, phone no. [phone],
facsimile no. [phone].

COMPULSORY ACQUISITION
In  accordance  with Ratin's articles of association  (as
amended  at the extraordinary general meeting on 15  June
2000),  Rentokil Initial has also today given  notice  to
the  remaining  shareholders of Ratin requiring  them  to
transfer  their  shares in Ratin to Rentokil  Initial  in
exchange  for new Rentokil Initial ordinary  shares  (the
'Notice').

The  consideration for the compulsory acquisition,  being
the  exchange  of  34.706 new Rentokil  Initial  ordinary
shares  for  each A or B share in Ratin, is identical  to
the  consideration offered under the Voluntary Offer  and
the Mandatory Offer.

However,  Ratin shareholders who are resident in  Canada,
Australia, Japan and certain states in the United  States
(where  the issue of new Rentokil Initial ordinary shares
in  exchange for Ratin shares would be illegal under  the
laws  of that state) will receive the cash equivalent  of
the  new  Rentokil Initial ordinary shares to which  they
would  have been entitled.  The cash equivalent  will  be
calculated  on  the  basis of the closing  middle  market
price  of 153.25p per Rentokil Initial ordinary share  on
16  June 2000 (being the latest practicable date prior to
the printing of the Notice document).

The  Notice  has been sent to all registered shareholders
of Ratin, and a demand advertisement will be published in
tomorrow's edition of Berlingske Tidende.

QUERIES
Queries  in connection with the Mandatory Offer  and  the
Notice should be directed to:

Den  Danske  Bank, Emission, Holmens Kanal 2-12,  DK-1092
Copenhagen K, phone [phone], fax [phone]

This   announcement  is  not  being  and  must   not   be
distributed  or sent in, into or from Canada,  Australia,
Japan  or any state in the United States where the making
of  the Mandatory Offer or the giving of the Notice would
be  illegal  under the laws of that state  (an  'Excluded
State') (whether by use of the mails of, or by any  means
or  instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce of,
or  any facilities of a national securities exchange  of,
Canada, Australia, Japan or any Excluded State) and doing
so may render invalid any purported acceptance.

Rentokil Initial plc                      Ratin A/S