Director Shareholding

RIT Capital Partners PLC
21 November 2001


Lord Rothschild, a director of RIT Capital Partners plc ('RITCP'), today
advised the Company that he purchased a beneficial interest in 1,975 RITCP
ordinary shares on 20 November 2001 at 403p per share. In addition, 198,477
RITCP ordinary shares have been transferred from a disclosable non-beneficial
interest to a non-disclosable non-beneficial interest.

Following the above-mentioned purchase and the transfer, Lord Rothschild's
interests in RITCP ordinary shares is as follows:

19,089,250 shares with a beneficial interest

6,439,934 shares with a non-beneficial interest