Issue of Equity

1 November 2016

Ruffer Investment Company Limited

(the “Company”)

Issue of Equity and Voting Rights

The Company announces the tap issue of 700,000 Redeemable Participating Preference Shares of £0.01 each (“Shares”) at a price of 233.2 pence per share.

Following the allotment of these shares, the Company will have the ability to issue a further 11,556,342 Shares under its block listing facility.

The total number of voting rights in the Company is now 156,538,416 which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to, their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Phil Higgs
Cenkos Securities plc
Tel: [phone]

Company Secretary
Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited
Tel: [phone]