Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2443U

Rentokil Initial PLC

12 October 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		X
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:	Orbis Holdings Limited (parent) Orbis Asset Management Limited (investment manager and controlled undertaking) Orbis Investment Management Limited (investment manager and controlled undertaking)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Vidacos Nominees Limited HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Ltd BNP Paribas Securities Services Nominees Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	08 October 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	12 October 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%

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
GB00B082RF11	108,840,192	108,840,192				108,890,192		6%

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
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
108,890,192	6%

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

Orbis Asset Management Limited is a controlled undertaking of Orbis Holdings Limited. Orbis Investment Management Limited is a controlled undertaking of Orbis Holdings Limited.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Paul Griffiths
15. Contact telephone number:	01293 858 160

 

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