Holding(s) in Company

RIT Capital Partners PLC
19 February 2003

RIT Capital Partners plc ('RITCP') received notification on 19 February 2003
that Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies have a notifiable
interest in 7,800,509 Ordinary £1 shares of RITCP which represents 4.97% of the
issued share capital (previously 5.84%).


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