22nd Apr 2015 16:01
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | Rentokil Initial plc | ||||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | ü | ||||
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 thenotification obligation: iii | Schroders plc | ||||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | |||||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | 21.04.15 | ||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 22.04.15 | ||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | From 14% - 13% | ||||
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 | |||||||||||
Ordinary
GB00B082RF11 | 265,023,083 | 253,161,903 |
259,908,660
| N/A | 248,047,480 | N/A | 13.608% | ||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/Conversion Period xiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | |||||||||||
Call Option / 1.27951 | 28/04/2015 | N/A | (525,648) | -0.029% | |||||||||||
Call Option / 1.31897 | 12/05/2015 | N/A | (395,520) | -0.022% | |||||||||||
Call Option / 1.37708 | 27/05/2015 | N/A | (485,853) | -0.027% | |||||||||||
Call Option / 1.4969 | 11/06/2015 | N/A | (675,951) | -0.037% | |||||||||||
Call Option / 1.85256 | 01/07/2015 | N/A | (563,377) | -0.031% | |||||||||||
Call Option / 1.50597 | 08/07/2015 | N/A | (513,025) | -0.028% | |||||||||||
Call Option / 1.49788 | 16/07/2015 | N/A | (420,911) | -0.023% | |||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | |||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights xix, xx
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CFD | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5,332,468 | Nominal | Delta | |||||||||
0.293% | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||
253,379,948 | 13.900% | ||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | |||||||||||||||
Schroder Investment Management Limited 250,685,013 13.752% Schroders (C.I.) Limited 50,025 0.003% Schroder & Co. Limited 2,644,910 0.145%
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Proxy Voting: | |||||||||||||||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | |||||||||||||||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | |||||||||||||||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | |||||||||||||||
13. Additional information: | The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 1,822,832,965.
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14. Contact name: | Alexandra Laan, Assistant Company Secretary | ||||||||||||||
15. Contact telephone number: | 01276 607444 | ||||||||||||||
Related Shares:
Rentokil InitialSchroders