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Rentokil Initial PLC

11 May 2022

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022 ('AGM')

At the AGM of Rentokil Initial plc duly convened and held at, and broadcast from, the Company's offices at Compass House, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9PY on 11 May 2022 at 15:00, each resolution as set out in the notice of meeting dated 30 March 2022 was passed on a poll. The results are set out below and will be placed on the Company website at www.rentokil-initial.com/investors .

 
                                                             VOTES                              % of ISC         VOTES 
 RESOLUTION                     VOTES FOR(1)        %      AGAINST      %       TOTAL VOTES        VOTED   WITHHELD(2) 
      To receive the audited 
      financial statements 
      and the directors' and 
      auditors' report 
 1    thereon                  1,503,135,874    99.88    1,765,909   0.12     1,504,901,783       80.74%     5,026,895 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 2    To approve the 
      Directors'                                                              1,509,715,437       81.00% 
      Remuneration Report      1,418,637,335    93.97   91,078,102   6.03                                      213,241 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
      To declare a final 
 3    dividend                 1,507,832,187    99.87    1,975,699   0.13     1,509,807,886       81.01%       120,790 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 4    To re-elect Stuart 
      Ingall-Tombs as a                                                       1,509,782,753       81.00%       145,903 
      director                 1,504,877,075    99.68    4,905,678   0.32 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
      To re-elect Sarosh 
 5    Mistry as a director     1,495,675,869    99.07   14,100,382   0.93     1,509,776,251       81.00%       152,405 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 6    To re-elect John 
      Pettigrew as a                                                          1,509,775,734       81.00%       152,922 
      director                 1,495,410,997    99.05   14,364,737   0.95 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
      To re-elect Andy 
 7    Ransom as a director     1,509,199,583    99.96      582,243   0.04     1,509,781,826       81.00%       146,850 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 8    To re-elect Richard 
      Solomons as a director   1,480,572,558    98.31   25,402,054   1.69     1,505,974,612       80.80%     3,954,064 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 9    To re-elect Julie 
      Southern as a director   1,464,119,418    96.98   45,656,853   3.02     1,509,776,271       81.00%       152,405 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
      To re-elect Cathy 
 10   Turner as a director     1,453,946,826    96.30   55,830,244   3.70     1,509,777,070       81.00%       151,606 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
      To re-elect Linda Yueh 
 11   as a director            1,469,925,183    97.36   39,824,951   2.64     1,509,750,134       81.00%       178,522 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 12 
      To re-appoint 
      PricewaterhouseCoopers 
      LLP as auditor           1,505,728,948    99.73    4,043,278   0.27     1,509,772,226       81.00%       156,430 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 13   To authorise the 
      directors to agree the                                                                      81.00% 
      auditors' remuneration   1,509,711,627   100.00       68,775   0.00     1,509,780,402                    148,254 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 14   To authorise the 
      making of political                                                     1,509,837,341       81.01%        91,335 
      donations                1,502,734,570    99.53    7,102,771   0.47 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 15   To authorise the 
      directors to allot                                                      1,509,772,610       81.00%       156,066 
      shares                   1,477,419,682    97.86   32,352,928   2.14 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 16   To disapply statutory 
      pre-emption rights       1,501,380,207    99.69    4,678,978   0.31     1,506,059,185       80.80%     3,869,091 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 17 
      To disapply statutory 
      pre-emption rights -                                                    1,506,361,901 
      additional 5%            1,493,529,822    99.15   12,832,079   0.85                         80.82%     3,566,375 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 18   To authorise the 
      Directors to make 
      market purchases of 
      the Company's own                                                       1,509,478,539       80.99%       449,737 
      shares                   1,503,804,599    99.62    5,673,940   0.38 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 19   To authorise the 
      calling of a general 
      meeting (other than an 
      annual general 
      meeting) on 14                                                          1,509,797,839       81.00%       130,437 
      days' clear notice       1,462,724,058    96.88   47,073,781   3.12 
     -----------------------  --------------  -------  -----------  -----  ----------------  -----------  ------------ 
 

1. Votes For include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes cast for or against a resolution.

The number of ordinary shares in issue at close of business on 10 May 2022 was 1,863,832,965 ordinary shares of 1p each. Resolutions 16 to 19 were proposed as special resolutions. A copy of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting available at www.rentokil-initial.com/agm .

A copy of the resolutions passed concerning special business has been submitted and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

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