Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6076L

Rentokil Initial PLC

02 August 2011

 



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  (Nominees) Limited                            1,488,396* BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited     16,028,446* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited……86,553,643* Chase Nominees Limited                              3,287,303* CUIM Nominee Limited                                  995,253* Vidacos Nominees Limited                           1,167,420* *denotes direct interest BNP Paribas Securities Services - London       333,903 Chase Nominees Limited                               9,052,600 Vidacos Nominees Limited                            5,168,517
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		01 August 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		02 August 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5% to 6% 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	125,188,391		125,188,391		124,075,481	109,520,461		14,555,020	6.04%		0.80%
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
CFD	N/a	N/a	N/a	1,800,000	Nominal	Delta
					0.10%	N/a

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
125,875,481	6.94%

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 , 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)

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:	01293 858 000

 

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