Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3608P

Rathbone Brothers PLC

24 March 2009

Rathbone Brothers Plc ('Company')

Directors' and PDMRs shareholding - Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP')

The Company has been notified by the independent trustee of the Rathbone Brothers Plc Long Term Incentive Plan, Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited that it has approved awards to participants in the 2006-08 LTIP.

As part of his award a director, Andrew Morris, has been awarded 4,500 Rathbone Brothers Plc ordinary shares of 5p shares at £7.10 (the closing mid-market price on 11 March 2009). These shares were transferred to him on 23 March 2009 and registered in the name of Rathbone Nominees Limited.

Details of his shareholding following this award are as follows:

Director and PDMR	Shares received	Percentage of issued class acquired	Total holding following notification	Total percentage holding following notification
Andrew Morris	4,500	0.010%	46,023	0.107%