Change of Name (Officers)

Ruffer Investment Company Limited
31 August 2005


                        STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

For Immediate Release                                            31 August, 2005

                       RUFFER INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
          (A closed-ended investment company incorporated in Guernsey
                        with registration number 41996)

                                  (the 'Fund')

      Re: Change of Name of Administrator, Company Secretary & Registrar


The Directors of the Fund wish to announce that the following name changes will
take effect from 31 August, 2005.

The Administrator will change its name from Guernsey International Fund Managers
Limited to Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey)
Limited;

the Company Secretary will change its name from Guernsey International Fund
Managers Limited to Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services
(Guernsey) Limited;

the Registrar will change its name from Guernsey International Fund Managers
Limited to Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey)
Limited;



Enquiries:


Guernsey International Fund               Jane Goodier        [phone]
Managers Limited








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