Directorate Change

Rentokil Initial PLC
17 May 2006

17 May 2006




RENTOKIL INITIAL plc - BOARD CHANGES



Rentokil Initial plc announces that as at the conclusion of its annual general
meeting tomorrow, the following changes will take effect:



1.         Mr Ron Spinney and Mr Paul Mason will resign as non-executive
directors.



2.         Mr Alan Giles, the chief executive of HMV Group plc, will join the
board as a non-executive director and a member of the audit and remuneration
committees.



3.         Mr Peter Long, who joined the board in 2002, will succeed Mr Spinney
as the senior independent non-executive director and as chairman of the
remuneration committee.  At the same time, Mr Long will relinquish his
membership of the audit committee.



4.         Mr Duncan Tatton-Brown, who joined the company as a non-executive
director in 2005, will become a member of the remuneration committee as well as
a member of the audit committee.







For further information:

Shareholder/analyst enquiries:
Robert Ward-Jones, Company Secretary                   Rentokil Initial plc
Lisa Williams, IR Manager                              Tel: [phone]

Media enquiries:
Kate Holgate                                           Brunswick Group
John Sunnucks                                          Tel: [phone]







Notes to editors:

Rentokil Initial is one of the largest business services companies in the world,
operating in all the major economies of Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and
Africa.  The company has some 80,000 employees providing a range of support
services in over 40 countries where the 'Rentokil' and 'Initial' brands have
come to represent innovation, deep expertise and consistent quality of service.
Services include textiles and washroom services, pest control, tropical plants,
electronic security, parcels delivery and facilities services.




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