Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8881C

Rentokil Initial PLC

20 October 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	19.10.15
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20.10.15
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	From 11% - 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

GB00B082RF11

223,297,373

210,891,631

206,901,914

N/A

193,628,922

N/A

10.622%

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

28/10/2015

N/A

(617,498)

-0.034%

Call option

10/11/2015

N/A

(646,018)

-0.035%

Call option

25/11/2015

N/A

(387,163)

-0.021%

Call option

09/12/2015

N/A

(819,063)

-0.045%

Call option

21/12/2015

N/A

(403,168)

-0.022%

Call option

06/01/2016

N/A

(380,201)

-0.021%

Call option

13/01/2016

N/A

(456,355)

-0.025%

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

6,744,280

Nominal

Delta

0.370%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

200,373,202

10.992%

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

Schroder & Co. Limited 1,628,790 0.089%

Schroders (C.I.) Limited 39,350 0.002%

Schroder Investment Management Limited 198,705,062 10.901%

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 - Assistant Company Secretary, Rentokil Initial plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01276 607444