Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9926E

Rentokil Initial PLC

04 January 2010

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Rentokil Initial plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		√
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Aviva plc and its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd  8,797,833* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Ltd  43,224,035* Chase Nominees Limited 2,448,888* CUIM Nominee Limited 1,013,822* Vidacos Nominees Limited 89,167* * denotes a direct interest
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	31.12.09
6. Date on which issuer notified:	04..01.10
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	<3% to +3%  Change at Direct Interest level

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary GB00B082RF11	54,400,144	54,400,144	55,573,745	55,573,745	Not  disclosable	3.06%	Not disclosable

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
N/a

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
N/a					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
55,573,745	3.06%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

The voting rights are manged and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controller undertakings:- Aviva plc (Parent Company) Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investor Holdings Limited)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	See section 4.
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	Figures are based on total voting rights of 1,814,831,011
14. Contact name:	Paul Griffiths Company Secretary Rentokil Initial plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01293 858000

 

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