Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0375D

Rentokil Initial PLC

23 January 2015

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			ü
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	Schroders plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	22.01.15
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23.01.15
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	From 15% - 14%

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

GB00B082RF11

275,456,777

269,329,932

278,742,935

N/A

265,903,323

N/A

14.587%

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

Call Option / 1.32644

27/01/2015

N/A

(531,919)

-0.029%

Call Option / 1.27611

10/02/2015

N/A

(1,000,559)

-0.055%

Call Option / 1.28796

24/02/2015

N/A

(750,395)

-0.041%

Call Option / 1.24854

12/03/2015

N/A

(628,959)

-0.035%

Call Option / 1.25832

19/03/2015

N/A

(691,630)

-0.038%

Call Option / 1.25773

08/04/2015

N/A

(616,928)

-0.034%

Call Option / 1.32397

17/04/2015

N/A

(530,454)

-0.029%

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

6,310,900

Nominal

Delta

0.346%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

272,214,223

14.934%

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

Schroder Investment Management Limited 269,379,042 14.778%

Schroders (C.I.) Limited 50,025 0.003%

Schroder & Co. Limited 2,785,156 0.153%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 1,822,832,965.

14. Contact name:

Alexandra Laan, Rentokil Initial plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01276 607444