AGM Statement

AGM Statement - net asset value

The following is an extract from the statement of Lord Rothschild, Chairman of RIT Capital Partners plc, at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 23 July 2009:

' The net asset value per share at 17 July was 936.9p, before the payment of the dividend of 7.5p which will, subject to shareholders' approval, take place on 29 July. This represents an increase of 7.2% over the figure at 31 March and 3.2% over the latest net asset value at 30 June which was announced earlier this month.'

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