Result of AGM

RIT Capital Partners PLC
08 July 2004


RIT Capital Partners plc

8 July 2004


ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of RIT Capital Partners plc was held on Thursday 8
July 2004.

All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 24 May 2004 were
passed, and prints of the items of special business have been submitted to the
UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK
Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS

Tel. No. 020 7676 1000

The proxy votes cast on each resolution were as follows:

RESOLUTION                                    FOR     AGAINST   VOTES WITHHELD

ORDINARY BUSINESS:

1.  Approval of Report and Accounts    61,364,893     693,735        1,197,340

2.  Approval of Directors'             59,875,106   1,534,033        1,846,829
    Remuneration Report

3.  Approval of final dividend         63,234,153       2,446           19,369

4.  Re-election of Lord Rothschild     59,776,642   1,048,951        2,430,375
    as a Director

5.  Re-election of Charles Bailey      60,668,244   2,380,988          206,736
    as a Director

6.  Re-election of Timothy Barakett    59,962,956   3,086,971          206,041
    as a Director

7.  Re-election of Mikael Breuer-Weil  61,050,374   2,013,655          191,939
    as a Director

8.  Re-election of Baron Lambert       60,627,371   2,457,568          171,029
    as a Director

9.  Re-election of Jean Pigozzi        59,949,265   3,082,084          224,619
    as a Director

10. Re-election of Michael Sofaer      61,036,029   2,017,767          202,172
    as a Director

11. Re-appointment of                  63,182,255      49,087           24,626
    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    as auditors


SPECIAL BUSINESS:

12. Renewal of authority to            63,191,981      45,041           18,946
    allot shares

13. Renewal of authority to disapply   63,169,632      53,257           33,079
    pre-emption rights

14. Renewal of authority to            63,210,513      21,687           23,768
    repurchase ordinary shares

15. Amendment of Articles of           63,192,231      13,717           50,020
    Association re Directors'
    retirement by rotation

16. Amendment of Articles of           63,171,312      39,981           44,675
    Association re electronic
    proxy voting


Resolutions 1 to 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 16
were passed as special resolutions.




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