Directorate Change

Rentokil Initial PLC
19 July 2007

19 July 2007


BOARD CHANGE


Rentokil Initial plc, announces that:


   •Peter Long, the senior independent director, is relinquishing his
    additional role as chairman of Rentokil Initial Pension Trustee Limited, due
    to added responsibilities as chief executive designate of TUI Travel plc. He
    will however continue as the senior independent director of Rentokil Initial
    plc.


   •Ian Harley, an independent non-executive director and chairman of the
    audit committee, will become chairman of Rentokil Initial Pension Trustee
    Limited. Ian was due to retire in May next year, but in order to ensure
    independence in his new role with the pension company he has decided to step
    down as a non-executive director of the company on 18 July 2007, when the
    pension fund trustee changes take effect.


   •Duncan Tatton-Brown, an independent non-executive director and group
    finance director of Kingfisher plc, will succeed Ian Harley as chairman of
    the company audit committee.


Chairman, Brian McGowan said that


'We are pleased that Ian Harley has decided to focus upon the pension trustee
role for the long term and have a continuing role with the group, as he was due
to have stepped down from the company board at the next AGM.


'I have greatly valued and will miss Ian's contribution and support on the
company board and as chairman of the audit committee. He was particularly
helpful during a period of intense difficulty for Rentokil Initial leading up to
the appointment of Doug Flynn and subsequently when a significant re-alignment
in the portfolio and a re-invigoration of the organisation has been undertaken.'


For further information, please contact


Rentokil Initial plc
Malcolm Padley, Corporate Communications - 020 7866 3027/ 07788 978 199


Brunswick Group
Teresa Bianchi - 020 7404 5959 / 07834 502 477


Notes for Editors


 1. Ian Harley joined the board in 1999 and had intended to step down at the AGM
    in 2008 when he would have served on the board for nine years.



 2. Peter Long joined the board in 2002 and is chief executive of First Choice
    Holidays plc, which has agreed a merger with the tourism division of TUI AG
    to create TUI Travel plc, of which Mr Long will become chief executive.




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