Disposal

Rentokil Initial PLC
24 August 2005



          Rentokil Initial plc to dispose of Initial Style Conferences



Following the review by the new Chief Executive, Doug Flynn, of Rentokil
Initial's businesses, the Board has decided to dispose of Initial Style
Conferences ('Style Conferences'), subject to achieving satisfactory value
through a sale process.

Style Conferences is the market leader in the provision of training and
conferencing venues in the UK. It was acquired as part of the BET group of
businesses in 1996 and has always been operated on a standalone basis.

Style Conferences has good profitability, high quality clients, strong
management and an attractive asset base founded upon freehold ownership of 21 of
the 29 centres that it operates. However, its business characteristics are
substantially different from other businesses within the Group. The Board,
therefore, believes that there may be alternative owners for whom Style
Conferences would be a better fit.

For reasons determined by Rule 21.1 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, a
sale of Style Conferences, if agreed, may be subject to approval by Rentokil
Initial shareholders in general meeting.



Enquiries:

Rentokil Initial plc                                   [phone]

Mark Boyle, Group Acquisitions Director

Charles Grimaldi, Corporate Affairs Director

Greenhill & Co. International LLP                    [phone]

Simon Borrows

Edward Wakefield



Greenhill & Co. International LLP ('Greenhill & Co.'), which is regulated by the
Financial Services Authority, is acting for Rentokil Initial plc in connection
with its potential divestiture of Initial Style Conferences Limited and for no
one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than Rentokil Initial for
providing the protections afforded to customers of Greenhill & Co. nor for
providing advice in relation to this potential transaction.




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