Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rathbone Brothers PLC
27 April 2007



Rathbone Brothers Plc
Director and PDMR Shareholding
Share Incentive Plan Free Share Award for 2006


On 25 April 2007, ordinary shares of 5p were purchased at £13.01 by Hill Samuel
ESOP Trustees Limited, the trustees of The Rathbone Inland Revenue Approved
Share Incentive Plan ('the Plan') in respect of the Free Share award for 2006.
The registered holder is Lloyds TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited. A/c
AESOP1.


The following directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility
(PDMRs) are beneficial owners of the following shares (subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan Trust Deed and Rules).

Director/PDMR  Allotted     Total holding following    Total % holding following
                                   notification             notification
                            Beneficial          Non     Beneficial           Non
Director                                 beneficial                   beneficial
J C Barclay         177          1,824            -        0.004%              -
I M Buckley         177         28,711            -        0.067%              -
C M Burton          177          1,824            -        0.004%              -
P D G Chavasse      177         19,048            -        0.045%              -
J G SCoode-Adams    177          9,603            -        0.023%              -
O R P Corbett       145            271            -        0.001%              -
S M Desborough      177          8,468            -        0.020%              -
R P Lanyon          177        227,045            -        0.534%              -
A T Morris          177         48,254            -        0.113%              -
R A Morris          177        228,248       49,870        0.536%         0.117%
P G PearsonLund     177          7,652            -        0.018%              -
A D Pomfret         177         59,931            -        0.141%              -
G M Powell          177        326,312       10,000        0.767%         0.024%
M Robertshaw        145          1,145            -        0.003%              -
R I Smeeton         177        122,468            -        0.288%              -

PDMR
H M B Adlington     177         53,468            -        0.126%              -
R N K Baron         177         96,768            -        0.227%              -
T J Bolton Carter   177         24,549            -        0.058%              -
J R Chillingworth   177          3,203            -        0.008%              -
Lord Clifton        177         15,143            -        0.036%              -
L A C Dodd          177         40,800            -        0.096%              -
T E Eliot-Cohen     177         80,436            -        0.189%              -
J R Fox             177         13,364            -        0.031%              -
C M Gore Langton    177        196,416            -        0.462%              -
J G Henderson       177         40,722            -        0.096%              -
C R C Hexton        177         90,573            -        0.213%              -
R C Hughes-Penney   177          4,533            -        0.011%              -
B Kenny             177         82,392            -        0.194%              -
R E Loader          177         58,468            -        0.137%              -
C P Mason           177          1,039            -        0.002%              -
J I Moorley         177         20,212            -        0.048%              -
C R Stick           177          3,468            -        0.008%              -
J G Thomson         177          3,468            -        0.008%              -
J B Vernon          177          3,468            -        0.008%              -


Shares were also purchased by Hill Samuel Offshore Trust Company Limited who are
the trustees of The Rathbone International Share Incentive Plan ('the
International Plan'). The registered holder is Bank of New York (Nominees)
Limited.


The following PDMRs are beneficial owners of the following shares (subject to
the terms and conditions of the International Plan Trust Deed and Rules).



PDMR           Acquired     Total holding following    Total % holding following
                                   notification               notification
                            Beneficial          Non    Beneficial            Non 
PDMR                                     beneficial                   beneficial
G D Allan           177          1,029            -       0.002%               -
N C Bennett         126          4,375            -       0.010%               -
N T Bentley         177         26,723            -       0.063%               -
M W Biddlecombe     177          1,951            -       0.005%               -
S M De Carteret     177          2,489            -       0.006%               -
T G Cartwright      177            680            -       0.002%               -
M P Egerton-Vernon  110         72,674            -       0.171%               -
J M S Hayden        177          3,987            -       0.009%               -
J J R Johnson       177         26,851            -       0.063%               -
A M Lovell          177          3,201            -       0.008%               -
M E Powell          177         26,723            -       0.063%               -
S D Robinson        177            917            -       0.002%               -
S P R Vivian        133            259            -       0.001%               -
L A Walker          177          1,679            -       0.004%               -


Richard Loader
Company Secretary
27 April 2007



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