Holding(s) in Company

RIT Capital Partners PLC
21 February 2007


TR-1 - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



  1.  Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting
      rights are attached:

      RIT Capital Partners Plc

  2.  Reason for the notification:

      n/a

  3.  Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

      Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

  4.  Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)

      n/a

  5.  Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

      n/a

  6.  Date on which issuer notified:

      19 February 2007

  7.  Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

      Above 3% (L&G)

  8.  Notified Details

a.    Voting Details attached to shares

      Class/    Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering
      type of   the Triggering        transaction
      shares    transaction
      if
      possible  Number of    Number   Number of    Number of voting      % of voting
      using the Shares       of       shares       rights                rights
      ISIN CODE              Voting
                             Rights   Direct       Direct       Indirect Direct  Indirect

                 4,730,206     3.01%   5,270,459    5,270,459             3.37%

      GBP Ord 1 (Under S-198 on 
                04/10/02)

b.    Financial Instruments

      Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

      Type of          Expiration date   Exercise/      Number of voting       % of
      financial                          Conversion     rights that may be     voting
      instrument                         Period/ Date   acquired if the        rights
                                                        instrument is
                                                        exercised/ converted.

      n/a              n/a               n/a            n/a                    n/a
      
      Total A + B
      Number of voting rights           % of voting rights
      5,270,459                         3.37%

  9.  Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
      financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable

      Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)

      Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)

      Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)

      Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (5,270,459 - 3.37% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

      Legal & General Investment Management       Legal & General Insurance Holdings
      (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)        Limited (Direct) (LGIH)

      Legal & General Assurance (Pensions         Legal & General Assurance Society
      Management) Limited (PMC)                   Limited (LGAS & LGPL)

                                                  Legal & General Pensions Limited
                                                  (Direct) (LGPL)


      Proxy Voting:

 10.  Name of the proxy holder:

      n/a

 11.  Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

      n/a

 12.  Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

      n/a

 13.  Additional information:

      Notification using the total voting rights figure of 156,178,167
      First notification under DTR Sourcebook

 14.  Contact Name:

      Helen Lewis

 15.  Contact Telephone Number:

      020 7528 6742




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