Director Shareholding

SCHEDULE 11                                  

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. Name of company                   2. Name of director                       
                                                                               
   RECKITT BENCKISER PLC                L J H BECHT                            

3. Please state whether notification 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and,  
   indicates that it is in respect      if more than one holder, the number of 
   of holding of the shareholder        shares held by each of them (if        
   named in 2 above or in respect of    notified)                              
   a non-beneficial interest or in                                             
   the case of an individual holder     BART BECHT                             
   if it is a holding of that                                                  
   person's spouse or children under                                           
   the age of 18 or in respect of an                                           
   non-beneficial interest                                                     
                                                                               
   DIRECTOR'S BENEFICIAL INTEREST                                              

5. Please state whether notification 6. Please state the nature of the         
   relates to a person(s) connected     transaction. For PEP transactions      
   with the director named in 2         please indicate whether general/single 
   above and identify the connected     co PEP and if discretionary/non        
   person(s)                            discretionary /non discretionary       
                                                                               
   N/A                                  EXERCISE & SALE OF RESTRICTED SHARES   
                                        GRANTED 18.12.2000                     

7. Number of      8. Percentage of  9. Number of shares 10. Percentage of     
   shares/amount     issued class      /amount of stock     issued class      
   of stock                            disposed                               
   acquired          0.02%                                  0.02%             
                                       200,000                                
   200,000                                                                    

11. Class of       12. Price per      13. Date of         14. Date company     
    security           share              transaction         informed         
                                                                               
    ORDINARY           Acquisition        18 May 2005         18 MAY 2005      
                       cost = nil                                              
                                                                               
                       Shares sold @                                           
                       £17.15                                                  

15. Total holding following this     16. Total percentage holding of issued    
    notification                         class following this notification     
                                                                               
    1,196,731                            0.16%                                 

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.

17. Date of grant                    18. Period during which or date on which  
                                         exercisable                           

19. Total amount paid (if any) for   20. Description of shares or debentures   
    grant of the option                  involved: class, number               

21. Exercise price (if fixed at time 22. Total number of shares or debentures  
    of grant) or indication that         over which options held following this
    price is to be fixed at time of      notification                          
    exercise                                                                   

23. Any additional information       24. Name of contact and telephone number  
                                         for queries                           
                                                                               
                                         E A RICHARDSON - 01753 446363         

25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making   
    this notification                                                          
                                                                               
    E A Richardson, Company SEcretary, RECKITT BENCKISER PLC                   
                                                                               
Date of notification 18 MAY 2005                                               

Additional information on share transaction by Bart Becht

Following this transaction Bart Becht retains 1,196,731 shares in Reckitt
Benckiser - created in 1999 when Benckiser merged with Reckitt & Colman - and
retains options over a further 6.68m shares. It is his intention to continue to
increase his holding in the Company over time, reflecting the strong
shareholding culture within Reckitt Benckiser.

The Reckitt Benckiser remuneration system requires senior executives to hold
minimum shareholdings in the Company, representing a meaningful portion of
their personal wealth. The senior management all hold significant levels of
shares, thereby aligning their interests closely with those of all other
shareholders. For the Chief Executive Officer this level is a minimum of
400,000 shares. For other Executive Vice Presidents, the minimum level is
200,000 shares. For Senior Vice Presidents, the minimum level is 50,000-75,000
shares.