Company: RKLIF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001104659-25-027944
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Company: RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC /FI
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 10
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 SDRT at the rate of 1.5% of the amount or value of the consideration for the transfer or, in some circumstances, the value of the ordinary shares transferred (rounded up to the next multiple of £5 in the case of stamp duty), where ordinary shares are transferred to the depositary in exchange for ADSs evidenced by ADRs (or to a person whose business is or includes the provision of clearance services, or a nominee or agent for such a person). Such 1.5% charge is subject to exceptions, including for (i) transfers which are made in the course of “capital-raising arrangements” (as defined in sections 72ZA and 97AB of the Finance Act 1986), and (ii) transfers which are made in the course of “qualifying listing arrangements” (as defined in sections 72ZB and 97AC of the Finance Act 1986) and which do not affect the beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares in question. Specific professional advice should be sought in any case where the 1.5% UK stamp duty or SDRT charge may be applicable.
A transfer of ordinary shares by the depositary to an ADS holder where there is no transfer of beneficial ownership will not be chargeable to UK stamp duty or SDRT.
United States Federal Income Tax Considerations
The following discussion is a general summary based on present law of certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the ownership and disposition of ordinary shares or ADSs by a U.S. holder (as defined below). This summary addresses only the U.S. federal income tax considerations for U.S. holders that hold ordinary shares or ADSs as capital assets (generally, property held for investment) and use the U.S. dollar as their functional currency. This summary is for general information purposes only and does not address all U.S. federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to a particular U.S. holder; it is not a substitute for tax advice. In addition, it does not describe all of the U.S. federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to a U.S. holder of ordinary shares or ADSs in light of such U.S. holder’s particular circumstances, nor does it address tax considerations applicable to a holder of ordinary shares or ADSs that may be subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, banks or other financial institutions, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, currencies, commodities, or notional principal contracts, traders