Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6508V

Rentokil Initial PLC

14 July 2009

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Rentokil Initial plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
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:	Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Registered Holders: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 7,947,507* Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 43,463,079* Chase Nominees Ltd 1,876,794* CUIM Nominee Ltd 1,154,287* Vidacos Nominees Ltd 122,177* *denotes direct interest BNP Paribas - London 203,766 Chase Nominees - London 11,026,575 Credit Agricole Indosuez 172,000 State Street Nominees Ltd 2,930,620 Vidacos Nominees Ltd 21,273,573
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	13 July 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	14 July 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5% to <5% change at combined interest

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B028RF11	92,754,576	92,754,576	54,563,844	54,563,844	36,056,714	3.01%	1.98%
Ordinary shares

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/  Conversion  Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
90,620,558	4.99%

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

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited and Aviva Investors France SA , with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: Aviva plc (Parent Company) Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited) Aviva Investors France SA: Aviva plc (Parent Company) Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) Aviva International Insurance Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) Aviva Insurance Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva International Insurance Limited) Aviva International Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Insurance Limited) Aviva Participations SA (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva International Holdings Limited) Aviva France SA (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Participations SA) Aviva Investors France SA (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva France SA)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	See section 4
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:	Figures are based on a total number of  voting rights of 1,814,831,011
14. Contact name:	Paul Griffiths
15. Contact telephone number:	01293 858 160

 

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