Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0417U

Rentokil Initial PLC

07 October 2010

 



^{TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi}

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				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: iii		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Registered Holder: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited   11,406,358*                                                                Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited       57,644,592* Chase Nominees Limited                             2,662,553* CUIM Nominee Limited                                 783,693* Vidacos Nominees Limited                             135,658* *denotes direct interest BNP Paribas Securities Services - London      322,506                     BNP Paribas Securities Services - France        125,900 Chase Nominees Limited                            17,200,173 State Street Nominees Limited                         799,722 Vidacos Nominees Limited                         10,452,038
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		5 October 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:		7 October 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		3% to 4% Change at Direct Interest Level

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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 x
					Direct	Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
Ordinary Shares GB00B082RF11	91,085,867		91,085,867		101,533,193	72,632,854		28,900,339	4.00%		1.59%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date xiii		Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.			% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
101,533,193	5.59%

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

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited and Aviva Investors France SA, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·      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 Investors Holdings Limited) Aviva Investors France SA: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva International Insurance Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Aviva Insurance Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva International Insurance Limited) ·      Aviva International Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Insurance Limited) ·      Aviva Participations SA (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva International Holdings Limited) ·      Aviva France SA (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Participations SA) ·      Aviva Investors France SA (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva France SA)

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 a total number of voting rights of  1,814,831,011.
14. Contact name:	Paul Griffiths
15. Contact telephone number:	0129 858 162

 

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