Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

RIT Capital Partners PLC
3 April 2000

As a result of the conversion of the 2.5% convertible unsecured loan stock
2000 on 31 March 2000, Lord Rothschild, a director of RIT Capital Partners plc
('RITCP'), now has the following interests which in total represent 16.13% of
the issued ordinary share capital of RITCP (previously 14.02%):

19,074,485 ordinary shares with a beneficial interest
 6,638,411 ordinary shares with a non-beneficial interest