11th May 2010 14:40
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): |
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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 |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
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AXA S.A and its group of companies
25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 PARIS
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
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As above
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
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10 May 2010 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
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11 May 2010 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
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Decreased From 5.01% to 4.94% |
8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE |
Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of Shares |
Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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Direct |
Direct |
Indirect |
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Indirect |
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GB00B082RF11 |
90,989,765 |
90,989,765 |
17,030,869 |
17,030,869 |
73,649,378 |
0.94% |
4.00% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ Conversion Period |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.
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% of voting rights |
N/A |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial instrument |
Exercise price |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ Conversion period |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
% of voting rights
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Nominal |
Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
89,680,247 |
4.94% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
Name of the Company No. of Shares % of issued share capital Alliance Bernstein 1,880,419.00 0.103614 (Direct) Alliance Capital Management 4,557,400.00 0.251120 (Direct) AXA Financial, Inc 72,336,378.00 3.985846 (Indirect) AXA IM UK 10,593,050.00 0.480080 (Direct) AXA IM UK 313,000.00 0.017247 (Indirect)
Total Direct 17,030,869.00 0.93843 Total Indirect 72,649,378.00 4.00309 TOTAL 89,680,247 4.94152
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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N/A |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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N/A |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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N/A |
13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name:
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Paul Griffiths |
15. Contact telephone number:
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01293 858 000 |
Related Shares:
Rentokil Initial