Company: RKLIF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001104659-25-027944
Chunk: 16

Company: RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC /FI
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 16
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 Florida Pest Control, Bug Out, Steritech, PestConnect, Lumnia, Signature, Eradico, Cannon, Ultraprotect, Calmic, Pestfree365, Entotherm, Terminix, Medentex, Boecker, Radar and Rapid Pro. We have not sought to register or protect all of our intellectual property, including our trademarks, either in the UK, the U.S. or in every jurisdiction in which they are or may be used. Furthermore, because of the differences in foreign trademark, patent and other intellectual property laws, we may not receive the same protection in other countries as we would in the UK or the U.S.
If we are unable to protect our intellectual property and other proprietary rights, including brand names, it could cause a material adverse impact on our business, reputation, results of operations, financial condition and/or prospects. Litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights and protect our proprietary information, or to defend against claims by third parties that our products, services or activities infringe on their intellectual property rights.
We rely on third parties, including third-party vendors for business process outsourcing initiatives, investment counterparties, and franchisees. Any termination or disruption of such relationships or counterparty default or litigation could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Our strategy to increase profitability, in part, by reducing our costs of operations, and to mitigate and manage our exposure to financial risk, includes the implementation of certain business process outsourcing initiatives and entry into arrangements with investment counterparties, including lenders, insurers and derivative counterparties. As such, we are exposed to counterparty risk. Any disruption, termination or substandard performance of these outsourced services, including possible breaches by third-party vendors of their agreements with us, or the failure of counterparties to discharge all or part of their obligations (including, for example, due to the deterioration of a counterparty’s actual or perceived creditworthiness) could adversely affect our reputation, customer and colleague relationships, results of operations and financial condition. Also, to the extent a third-party outsourcing provider or counterparty relationship is terminated, there is a risk of disputes or litigation and that we may not be able to enter into a similar agreement with an alternate provider in a timely manner or on terms that we consider favourable, and even if we find an alternate provider, or choose to insource such services or activities, there are significant risks associated with such transition.
In addition, to the extent we decide to terminate outsourcing services and insource such services, there is a risk