Holding(s) in Company

Rentokil Initial PLC
18 July 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company
Rentokil Initial plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Legal & General Investment Management Limited

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18
Shareholder named above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd (11 accounts totalling 57.2 million shares)

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired
Recent purchase - 275,000

6. Percentage of issued class
0.0147%

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed
N/A

8. Percentage of issued class
N/A

9. Class of security
Ordinary shares of 1 p

10. Date of transaction
16 July 2002





11. Date company informed
18 July 2002

12. Total holding following this notification
57,165,999

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.04%

14. Any additional information
None

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
Paul Griffiths - 01342 830332

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Paul Griffiths, Administration Director, Rentokil Initial plc


Date of notification
18 July 2002

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