Rentokil Initial Regulatory News (RTO)

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

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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:

Invesco Limted

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

As above

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

23 October 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

26 October 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

9%, 5%, 4%

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

Ordinary

GB00B082RF11

180,932,303

180,932,303

-

-

90,418,270

-

4.98%

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

 N/a

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

 N/a

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

90,418,270

4.98%

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

Brown Brothers Harriman New Jersey  956,451

Bank of Irelan Dublin 4,401,067

Bank of New York 54,017,790

Banque Paribas    1,337,117

Bank of New York Frankfurt  121,142

Bank of New York Brussels 367,627

Bank of New York Singapore 342,338

Boston Safe Deposit 567,653

Chase Bank 1,121,190

JP Morgan Chase 6,319,016

Citibank New York 52,238

Morgan Stanley London 83,721

State Street Sydney 37,272

State Street Trust & Banking Co 19,950,000

Trust & Custody Services JP 49,354

Northern Trust Company London 500,000

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management 173,706

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management Ireland Ltd 20,588

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 N/a

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:

Samantha Edwards at Invesco - 01491 416381

14. Contact name:

Paul Griffiths

Company Secretary

Rentokil Initial plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01293 858000