Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rathbone Brothers PLC
14 November 2007



Rathbone Brothers Plc
Director and PDMR Shareholding

On 13 November 2007, ordinary shares of 5p were acquired by Equiniti Share Plan
Trustees Limited, the Trustees of The Rathbone Inland Revenue Approved Share
Incentive Plan. The registered holder is Lloyds TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee
Limited. A/c AESOP1. Shares were acquired at £11.66 which was the closing
mid-market price on 12 November 2007.

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

+---------------------+---------+---------------------+---------------------+
|Director/PDMR        |Acquired |    Total holding    |   Total % holding   |
|                     |         |      following      |      following      |
|                     |         |    notification     |    notification     |
|                     |         +----------+----------+----------+----------+
|                     |         |Beneficial|       Non|Beneficial|       Non|
|                     |         |          |beneficial|          |beneficial|
|                     |         |          |          |          |          |
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|Director             |         |          |          |          |          |
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|J C Barclay          |      128|     2,130|         -|    0.005%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|I M Buckley          |      128|    29,014|         -|    0.068%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|C M Burton           |      128|     2,130|         -|    0.005%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|P D G Chavasse       |      130|    19,394|         -|    0.045%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|J G S Coode-Adams    |      128|     9,954|         -|    0.023%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|O R P Corbett        |      128|       533|         -|    0.001%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|S M Desborough       |      130|     8.823|         -|    0.021%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|R P Lanyon           |      130|   227,400|         -|    0.533%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|A T Morris           |      130|    48,609|         -|    0.114%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|R A Morris           |      130|   217,463|    49,870|    0.509%|    0.117%|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|P G Pearson Lund     |      130|    11,007|         -|    0.026%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|A D Pomfret          |      130|    60,286|         -|    0.141%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|G M Powell           |      130|   309,167|    12,500|    0.724%|    0.029%|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|M Robertshaw         |      128|     1,407|         -|    0.003%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|R I Smeeton          |      130|   122,823|         -|    0.288%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|                     |         |          |          |          |          |
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|PDMR                 |         |          |          |          |          |
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|H M B Adlington      |      130|    53,823|         -|    0.126%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|R N K Baron          |      130|    97,123|         -|    0.228%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|T J Bolton Carter    |      130|    27,912|         -|    0.065%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|J R Chillingworth    |      130|     3,549|         -|    0.008%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|Lord Clifton         |      130|    15,498|         -|    0.036%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|L A C Dodd           |      130|    40,255|         -|    0.094%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|T E Eliot-Cohen      |      130|    80,791|         -|    0.189%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|J R Fox              |      130|    13,719|         -|    0.032%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|C M Gore Langton     |      130|   196,771|         -|    0.461%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|J G Henderson        |      130|    29,327|         -|    0.069%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|C R C Hexton         |      130|    85,828|         -|    0.201%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|R C Hughes-Penney    |      130|     4,888|         -|    0.011%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|B Kenny              |      130|    85,964|         -|    0.201%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|R E Loader           |      130|    56,823|         -|    0.133%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|C P Mason            |      128|     1,321|         -|    0.003%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|J I Moorley          |      130|    20,567|         -|    0.048%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|C R Stick            |      130|     3,823|         -|    0.009%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|J G Thomson          |      130|     3,823|         -|    0.009%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|J B Vernon           |      130|     3,823|         -|    0.009%|         -|
+---------------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+----------+


Shares were also allotted to Lloyds TSB Offshore Trust Company Limited who is
the Trustee of The Rathbone International Share Incentive Plan. The registered
holder is Bank of New York Nominees Limited.

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


+-----------------+---------+---------------------+----------------------+
|Director         | Acquired|    Total holding    |   Total % holding    |
|                 |         |      following      |following notification|
|                 |         |    notification     |                      |
|                 |         +----------+----------+----------+-----------+
|                 |         |Beneficial|       Non|Beneficial|        Non|
|                 |         |          |beneficial|          | beneficial|
|                 |         |          |          |          |           |
+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
|PDMR             |         |          |          |          |           |
+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
|M W Biddlecombe  |      128|     2,707|         -|    0.006%|          -|
+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
|S M De Carteret  |      130|     2,747|         -|    0.006%|          -|
+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
|T Cartwright     |      102|       782|         -|    0.002%|          -|
+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
|J M S Hayden     |      130|     4,245|         -|    0.010%|          -|
+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
|J Johnson        |      128|    26,979|         -|    0.063%|          -|
+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
|A M Lovell       |      130|     3,959|         -|    0.009%|          -|
+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
|S D Robinson     |       16|       947|         -|    0.002%|          -|
+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
|S P R Vivian     |      122|       509|         -|    0.001%|           |
+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+
|L A Walker       |       22|     1,898|         -|    0.004%|          -|
+-----------------+---------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+


Richard Loader
Company Secretary
14 November 2007




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