Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1. Name of company                   2. Name of shareholder having a major     
                                        interest                               
   Reckitt Benckiser plc                                                       
                                        OppenheimerFunds Inc.                  

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            
   named in 2 above or in respect of                                           
   a non-beneficial interest or in      Registered holder(s) not provided to   
   the case of an individual holder     the Company by OFI                     
   if it is a holding of that                                                  
   person's spouse or children under                                           
   the age of 18                                                               
                                                                               
   Shares held by OppenheimerFunds                                             
   Inc. ('OFI') on behalf of OFI                                               
   clients                                                                     

5. Number of      6. Percentage of  7. Number of shares 8. Percentage of      
   shares/amount     issued class      /amount of stock    issued class       
   of stock                            disposed                               
   acquired          0.1% (est)                                               
                                                                              
   Not supplied                                                               
   but difference                                                             
   from last                                                                  
   notification =                                                             
   629,120 shares                                                             

9. Class of security                10. Date of          11. Date company      
                                        transaction          informed          
   Ordinary shares of 10 10/19p                                                
                                        Not Provided         22 OCTOBER 2002   

12. Total holding following this     13. Total percentage holding of issued    
    notification                         class following this notification     
                                                                               
    19,555,142                           3.07%                                 

14. Any additional information       15. Name of contact and telephone number  
                                         for queries                           
    Holding as at 25 Sept was                                                  
    18,926,012 shares (2.97%)            Mrs E A Richardson, Assistant         
    therefore acquisition of 629,130     Secretary                             
    shares between 25 Sept to date.                                            
                                         Tel [phone]                      

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making   
    this notification                                                          
                                                                               
    Elizabeth Richardson, Assistant Secretary                                  
                                                                               
Date of notification 22 October 2002