Company: RKLIF
Filing Date: 2025-03-06
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001654954-25-002335
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Company: RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC /FI
Filing Date: 2025-03-06
Form: 6-K
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   £m |
| 2021 final dividend paid –   
 4.30p per share              |    – |    – |   80 |
| 2022 interim dividend paid – 
 2.40p per share              |    – |    – |   42 |
| 2022 final dividend paid –   
 5.15p per share              |    – |  131 |    – |
| 2023 interim dividend paid – 
 2.75p per share              |    – |   70 |    – |
| 2023 final dividend paid –   
 5.93p per share              |  149 |    – |    – |
| 2024 interim dividend paid – 
 3.16p per share              |   80 |    – |    – |
|                              |  229 |  201 |  122 |

An interim dividend of 3.16p per share was paid on 16 September 2024 amounting to £80m. A final dividend in respect of 2024 of 5.93p per share is to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting on 7 May 2025.

The aggregate amount of the proposed dividend to be paid out of retained earnings at 31 December 2024, but not recognised as a liability at year end, is £150m (2023: £150m; 2022: £130m).

8. Business combinations

During the year the Group purchased 100% of the share capital or trade and assets of 36 companies and businesses (2023: 41). The total consideration in respect of these acquisitions was £182m (2023: £261m), and the cash outflow from current and past period acquisitions net of cash acquired was £172m (2023: £242m).

Goodwill on all acquisitions represents the synergies and other benefits expected to be realised from integrating acquired businesses into the Group, such as improved route density, expansion in use of best-in-class digital tools and back office synergies. Details of goodwill and the fair value of net assets acquired in the year are as follows:

|                                    | 2024 
   £m | 2023 
   £m |
| Purchase                           
 consideration                      |      |      |
| – Cash                             
 paid                               |  115 |  203 |
| – Deferred and contingent          
 consideration                      |   67 |   58 |
| Total purchase