Director/PDMR Shareholding -

This announcement replaces the Director/PDMR Shareholding announcement released on 19 August 2008 at 12.54 under RNS number 6374B. This replacement announcement amends the number of £1 ordinary shares of the Company held by Mr Breuer-Weil, which should have read 10,000 rather than 100,000. There are no other changes and the replacement text is shown below.

Interests of Senior Management

A g rant of Share Appreciation Rights ('SARs') over £1 ordinary shares of RIT Capital Partners plc ('RITCP') was made on 19 August 200 8 to the following member of RITCP's senior management, under the terms of the J. Rothschild Capital Management Share Appreciation Rights Plan, as follows:

Manager	SAR exercise price	Notional no. of RITCP ord. shares
M. Breuer-Weil	1133 p	28,129

SAR grants entitle the holder to the payment of a bonus between the third and tenth anniversaries of the relevant date of grant, calculated by reference to a notional number of RITCP £1 ordinary shares. The bonus will amount to the i ncrease since the date of grant in the RITCP share price multiplied by the notional number of shares.

T he SAR awarded shall be exercisable between 19 August 20 11 and 18 August 201 8 , conditional upon the performance hurdle being achieved in the three years' vesting period ending on 19 August 20 11 . The hurdle is calculated by reference to the RITCP share price plus dividends paid, which must exceed RPI plus 3% per annum.

Mr Breuer-Weil is separately interested in 10,000 £1 Ordinary shares of the Company, as announced on 18 July 2008 .

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