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RIT Capital Partners PLC14 June 2005 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1. Name of company RIT Capital Partners plc 2. Name of director D W A Budge 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficialinterest Beneficial holding of director named in 2 above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them (if notified) D W A Budge 5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with thedirector named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A 6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions pleaseindicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Partial exercise of rights granted on 31 March 1999 at 340.5p under theCompany's Share Appreciation Rights ('SAR') plan 7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 0 8. Percentage of issued class 0 9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 300,000 10. Percentage of issued class not applicable 11. Class of security SARs over ordinary £1 shares 12. Price per share 758p 13. Date of transaction 14 June 2005 14. Date company informed 14 June 2005 15. Total holding following this notification 45,139 ordinary shares (beneficial)5,000 ordinary shares (non-beneficial) 287,371 SARs exercisable @ 340.5p228,833 SARs exercisable @ 437.0p262,467 SARs exercisable @ 381.0p 16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification Ordinary shares:Beneficial - 0.03Non-beneficial - 0.00SARs - not applicable If a director has been granted options by the company please complete thefollowing boxes. 17. Date of grant 18. Period during which or date on which exercisable 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to befixed at time of exercise 22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following thisnotification 23. Any additional information 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries C J Wise - 020 7514 1944 25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification C J Wise - Director of corporate company secretary Date of Notification 14 June 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange