Rule 8.3- Cardpoint plc

RIT Capital Partners PLC
24 May 2006


                                                                        FORM 8.3


    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1)                              RIT CAPITAL
                                                             PARTNERS PLC

Company dealt in                                             CARDPOINT PLC

Class of relevant security to which the dealings being       ORDINARY SHARES
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing                                              23 MAY 2006


2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
    security dealt in (Note 3)

                                              Long                  Short
                                              Number        (%)     Number  (%)
(1) Relevant securities                       2,497,888    2.37
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
                                      Total   2,497,888    2.37

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
    than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:                     Long           Short
                                                Number  (%)    Number     (%)
(1) Relevant securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
                                        Total


(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:                                   Details



3. DEALINGS (Note 4)


(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale    Number of securities          Price per unit (Note 5)
PURCHASE               397,888                           108.856p


(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product name, e.g. Long/short (Note Number of securities     Price per unit
CFD                6)               (Note 7)                 (Note 5)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product   Writing,     Number of        Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option
name,e.g. selling,     securities to    price    American,  date   moneypaid/
call      purchasing,  which the option          European          received per
option    varying etc. relates (Note 7)          etc.              unit (Note 5)




(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call       Number of           Exercise price per unit (Note
option                        securities          5)



(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction (Note 8)  Details  Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)



4. OTHER INFORMATION


Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person
disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant
securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting
rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any
derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be
stated.


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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO



Date of disclosure                                                24 MAY 2006
Contact name                                                      CHRIS WISE
Telephone number                                                  020 7514 1944
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)

Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk








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