Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9196J

Rentokil Initial PLC

18 June 2014




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			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: ⁱⁱⁱ	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	12 June 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	13 June 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	Below 10%

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 1p Shares

189,958,581

1,479,487

178,672,405

0.081%

9.802%

GB00B082RF11

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

180,151,892

9.883%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

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:

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