Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2116A

RIT Capital Partners PLC

22 December 2017

 

RIT CAPITAL PARTNERS PLC ("Company")           

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM 

The information set out below is provided by the Company in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR")/person closely associated ("PCA")
a)	Name	The Hon. N C J Rothschild 1979 Settlement
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA to the Chairman, Lord Jacob Rothschild, by virtue of The Hon. N C J Rothschild 1979 Settlement being a trust indirectly controlled by him.
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	RIT Capital Partners plc
b)	LEI	P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of £1.00 each in RIT Capital Partners plc ("Shares")
	Identification code	ISIN number GB0007366395
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price		Volume
		1,959 pence per Share		2,555
d)	Aggregated information	Not applicable - a single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20 December 2017
f)	Place of transaction	London Stock Exchange
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR")/person closely associated ("PCA")
a)	Name	The Hon. N C J Rothschild 1971 Settlement
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA to: (a)  the Chairman, Lord Jacob Rothschild, by virtue of The Hon. N C J Rothschild 1971 Settlement being a trust indirectly controlled by him; and   (b)  Hannah Rothschild, a Director of the Company who is a beneficiary of The Hon. N C J Rothschild 1971 Settlement.
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	RIT Capital Partners plc
b)	LEI	P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of £1.00 each in RIT Capital Partners plc ("Shares")
	Identification code	ISIN number GB0007366395
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price	Volume
		1,960 pence per Share	2,555
d)	Aggregated information	Not applicable - a single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20 December 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Following these transactions, Lord Rothschild has advised the Company that his family interests in the Company comprise the following:

9,904,096 ordinary shares of £1.00 each (6.38% of the entire issued share capital) held beneficially.

18,462,036 ordinary shares of £1.00 each (11.88% of the entire issued share capital) held non-beneficially.

Following these transactions, Hannah Rothschild has advised the Company that her beneficial and non-beneficial interests in the Company comprise the following:

14,263,695 ordinary shares of £1.00 each (9.18% of the entire issued share capital) held beneficially.

14,081,001 ordinary shares of £1.00 each (9.06% of the entire issued share capital) held non-beneficially.

The majority of the total interests set out above for Lord Rothschild and Hannah Rothschild are in respect of the same shares, in cases where they are held in family charitable foundations, companies or trusts.

 

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