Holding in Company

RIT Capital Partners PLC
3 April 2001

RIT Capital Partners plc ('RITCP') has today been advised that, as a result of
recent sales, the disclosable interests of Henderson Global Investors plc
(formerly AMP Asset Management Plc) and its associated companies (acting as
agent for its discretionary clients) is 6,025,029 RITCP ordinary £1 shares.
This represents 3.84% of the issued share capital of RITCP (formerly 4.59%).