Additional Listing

Rathbone Brothers PLC
18 May 2006





Rathbone Brothers plc

Additional Listing

Application has been made to the Financial Services Authority ('FSA') and the
London Stock Exchange for the listing of 1,970,449 ordinary shares of 5p each
fully paid ('Ordinary Shares'), to trade on the London Stock Exchange and be
admitted to the Official List. It is expected that admission of these Ordinary
Shares will become effective on 22 May 2006. These Ordinary Shares will rank
pari passu with the existing issued Ordinary Shares of the Company.

These Ordinary Shares are in relation to the following:

•        670,449 Ordinary Shares issued between 18 October 2005 and 25 April
2006 as a result of the exercise of options under the Rathbones 2000 Inland
Revenue Approved Share Option Scheme and the Rathbones 2000 Non Inland Revenue
Approved Share Option Scheme; and

•        1,300,000 Ordinary Shares issued as a block listing, which will be
allotted from time to time in accordance with the exercise of options under the
the Rathbones 2000 Inland Revenue Approved Share Option Scheme and the Rathbones
2000 Non Inland Revenue Approved Share Option Scheme.

Following the listing of the Ordinary Shares, the total issued share capital of
the Company is 42,119,073 Ordinary Shares





Enquiries:



Rathbone Brothers plc                   Tel: [phone]
Richard Loader
Company Secretary




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