Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

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

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

No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):

No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.): iv

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC

Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC

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

06.11.15

6. Date on which issuer notified:

10.11.15

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

reached: vi, vii

Above 10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B082RF11

181,417,017

181,417,017

1,447,076

1,447,076

181,153,481

0.079%

9.938%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/ConversionPeriod xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate xvii

Exercise/Conversionperiod xviii

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

182,600,557

10.017%

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

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (0.012%)

Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC (0.350%)

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (9.655%)

Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC is wholly owned by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/a

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/a

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/a

13. Additional information:

We have been informed that the Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 4. We have also been informed that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.

14. Contact name:

Alexandra Laan - Assistant Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

01276 607444