Purchase of Own Securities

Rentokil Initial PLC
17 April 2000


                  Rentokil Initial PLC
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                 Purchase of own shares
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Rentokil Initial PLC announces that it has today
purchased for cancellation the following Ordinary shares
of 1p each:

  175,000 at   162p      per share
   89,000 at   165p      per share
  152,800 at   167p      per share
2,750,000 at   169p      per share
1,401,622 at   175p      per share