Executive Committee Change

Executive Committee Change                           

Reckitt Benckiser announces that Javed Ahmed, executive vice president Europe
area, will be leaving the company to take up the position of Chief Executive
Officer of Tate & Lyle plc. We wish him well in this new role. A replacement for
this executive committee position will be announced in due course.

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RECKITT BENCKISER

Reckitt Benckiser 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 -
near 40% of revenue comes from innovations launched in the prior 3 years. It
has a strong portfolio led by 17 global powerbrands which are: Finish, Lysol,
Dettol, Vanish, Woolite, Calgon, Airwick, Harpic, Bang, Mortein, Veet,,
Nurofen, Clearasil, Strepsils Gaviscon, Mucinex and French's, and they account
for over two thirds of its net revenue.

Reckitt Benckiser 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.

Headquartered in the United Kingdom, the Company employs 23,000 people
worldwide, with operations in 60 countries and sales in 180 countries.

For more information visit RECKITTBENCKISER.COM

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Andraea Dawson-Shepherd                                [phone]
                                                                
Global Director, Corporate Communications &                                  
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