Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7200L
Rentokil Initial PLC
11 May 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:

 

AXA S.A and its group of companies

 

25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 PARIS

 

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

 

As above

 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

 

10 May 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

11 May 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 

Decreased From 5.01% to 4.94%



 

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

90,989,765

90,989,765

17,030,869

17,030,869

73,649,378

0.94%

4.00%

 

 

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

89,680,247

4.94%

 

 

 

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

Name of the Company              No. of Shares           % of issued share capital

Alliance Bernstein                       1,880,419.00              0.103614 (Direct)

Alliance Capital Management       4,557,400.00              0.251120 (Direct)

AXA Financial, Inc                     72,336,378.00              3.985846 (Indirect)

AXA IM UK                               10,593,050.00              0.480080 (Direct)

AXA IM UK                                    313,000.00              0.017247 (Indirect)

 

Total Direct                                 17,030,869.00           0.93843

Total Indirect                               72,649,378.00           4.00309

TOTAL                                       89,680,247                4.94152

 

 

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 858 000

 


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