Director Shareholding

RIT Capital Partners PLC
11 November 2002

Lord Rothschild, a director of RIT Capital Partners plc ('RITCP'), today advised
the Company that he purchased a beneficial interest in 1,767 RITCP ordinary
shares on 6 November 2002 at 387.48p per share.  Following this purchase, Lord
Rothschild's interests in RITCP ordinary shares is as follows:

18,930,852 shares with a beneficial interest

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




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