Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rathbone Brothers PLC
14 May 2007



Rathbone Brothers Plc
Director and PDMR Shareholding


On 11 May 2007, ordinary shares of 5p were allotted to by Hill Samuel ESOP
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 £11.74 which was the closing
mid-market price on 31 October 2006, the start of the six month accumulation
period.

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  Allotted Total holding following           Total % holding 
                             notification            following notification
                                               Non   Beneficial             Non
                        Beneficial      beneficial                   beneficial
Director
J C Barclay        128       1,978               -       0.005%               -
I M Buckley        128      28,863               -       0.068%               -
C M Burton         128       1,978               -       0.005%               -
P D G Chavasse     128      19,223               -       0.045%               -
J G S Coode-Adams  128       9,782               -       0.023%               -
O R P Corbett      128         400               -       0.001%               -
S M Desborough     128       8,648               -       0.020%               -
R P Lanyon         128     227,225               -       0.533%               -
A T Morris         128      48,434               -       0.114%               -
R A Morris         128     228,428          49,870       0.536%           0.117%
P G Pearson Lund   128       7,832               -       0.018%               -
A D Pomfret        128      60,111               -       0.141%               -
G M Powell         128     326,492          10,000       0.766%           0.023%
M Robertshaw       128       1,274               -       0.003%               -
R I Smeeton        128     122,648               -       0.288%               -


PDMR
H M B Adlington    128      53,648               -       0.126%               -
R N K Baron        128      96,948               -       0.228%               -
T J Bolton Carter  128      24,729               -       0.058%               -
J R Chillingworth  128       3,378               -       0.008%               -
Lord Clifton       128      15,323               -       0.036%               -
L A C Dodd         128      40,080               -       0.094%               -
T E Eliot-Cohen    128      80,616               -       0.189%               -
J R Fox            128      13,544               -       0.032%               -
C M Gore Langton   128     196,596               -       0.461%               -
J G Henderson      128      40,902               -       0.096%               -
C R C Hexton       128      90,753               -       0.213%               -
R C Hughes-Penney  128       4,713               -       0.011%               -
B Kenny            128      82,572               -       0.194%               -
R E Loader         128      58,648               -       0.138%               -
C P Mason          128       1,179               -       0.003%               -
J I Moorley        128      20,392               -       0.048%               -
C R Stick          128       3,648               -       0.009%               -
J G Thomson        128       3,648               -       0.009%               -
J B Vernon         128       3,648               -       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 following     Total % holding following
                              notification                  notification
                                                Non   Beneficial           Non
                         Beneficial      beneficial                 beneficial
PDMR
G D Allan           128       1,157               -       0.003%             -
M W Biddlecombe     128       2,079               -       0.005%             -
S M De Carteret     128       2,617               -       0.006%             -
M P Egerton-Vernon  128      72,802               -       0.171%             -
J M S Hayden        128       4,115               -       0.010%             -
A M Lovell          128       3,329               -       0.008%             -
J M Quenault         86       1,780               -       0.004%             -
S D Robinson         14         931               -       0.002%             -
S P R Vivian        128         387               -       0.001%
L A Walker           20       1,699               -       0.004%             -



Richard Loader
Company Secretary
14 May 2007




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