Directorate Change

1 September 2011

                          Reckitt Benckiser Group plc                          

                              DIRECTORATE CHANGE                               

Further to the announcement made on 14 April 2011, Reckitt Benckiser Group plc
(RB) today confirms the retirement of Bart Becht and the appointment of Rakesh
Kapoor as CEO and executive director with immediate effect.

Mr Becht will remain a part-time adviser to Mr Kapoor and the RB Board until
September 2012 to support the leadership transition.

The following information is given in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.13:

  * Rakesh Kapoor has not held a directorship in any publicly quoted company in
    the past five years.
   
  * There are no further disclosures to be made pursuant to Listing Rule
    9.6.13.
   
For further information:

Elizabeth Richardson

Company Secretary

Telephone [phone]

Notes for Editors:

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is a world leader in household, health and personal
care.

It is a FTSE top 25 company and since 2000 net revenues have doubled and the
market cap has quadrupled. Today it is the global No 1 or No 2 in the majority
of its fast-growing categories, driven by an exceptional rate of innovation -
typically about 35% of net revenue comes from innovations launched in the prior
3 years. It has a strong portfolio led by 19 global powerbrands which are:
Finish, Lysol, Dettol, Vanish, Woolite, Durex, Calgon, Airwick, Harpic, Bang,
Mortein, Veet, Nurofen, Clearasil, Strepsils Gaviscon, Mucinex, Scholl and
French's, and they account for 69% of net revenue.

RB people are at the heart of the company's success. They have an intense drive
for progress and action and a desire to outperform wherever they focus,
including in CSR where the company has the most ambitious corporate
responsibility programme in the industry through its Carbon 20 initiative.

Headquarters in the United Kingdom, the company employs about 27,000 people
worldwide, with operations in over 60 countries and sales in almost 200
countries.

For more information visit RB.COM