Holding in Company

Reckitt Benckiser PLC
16 July 2001


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Reckitt Benckiser plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Janus Capital Corporation

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
As investment adviser to various mutual funds

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Janus Capital Corporation

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
19,022,856

6   Percentage of issued class:
3.01%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
n/a

8   Percentage of issued class:
n/a

9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares

10  Date of transaction:
9 July 2001

11  Date company informed:
11 July 2001

12  Total holding following this notification:
19,022,856

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.01%

14  Contact name for queries:
P J Wilson

15 Contact telephone number:
01753446678

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
P J Wilson   Assistant Secretary

17  Date of notification:
16 July 2001


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