RIT Capital Partners PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (6516X)

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RNS Number : 6516X

RIT Capital Partners PLC

27 November 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") 
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 a)   Names                    Henry Investment Holdings Limited 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                PCA to: 
                                      (a) the Chairman, Lord Jacob Rothschild, who is a beneficiary of Henry 
                                      Investment Holdings 
                                      Limited; and 
 
                                      (b) Hannah Rothschild, a Director of the Company, who is a beneficiary of Henry 
                                      Investment 
                                      Holdings Limited 
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 b)   Initial                  Initial notification 
      notification/Amendment 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                     RIT Capital Partners plc 
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 b)   LEI                      P31Q1NLTW35JJGHA4667 
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 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 
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 a)   Description of the        Ordinary shares of GBP1.00 each in RIT Capital Partners plc ("Shares") 
      financial instrument,     ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      type of instrument 
                                  ISIN number GB0007366395 
      Identification code       ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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 b)   Nature of the            Purchase of Shares 
      transaction 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)            Price            Volume 
                                -----------------------  ------- 
                                 1,948 pence per Share    7,701 
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 d)   Aggregated information   Not applicable - a single transaction 
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 e)   Date of the              24 November 2017 
      transaction 
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 f)   Place of the             Outside a trading venue. 
      transaction 
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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 GBP1.00 each (6.38% of the entire issued share capital) held beneficially.

18,462,036 ordinary shares of GBP1.00 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:

14,261,140 ordinary shares of GBP1.00 each (9.18% of the entire issued share capital) held beneficially.

14,081,001 ordinary shares of GBP1.00 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.

This information is provided by RNS

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