Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rathbone Brothers PLC
14 November 2005



Rathbone Brothers Plc

Director and PDMR Shareholding

On 11 November 2005, 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 £7.465 which was the closing
mid-market price on Friday 29 April 2005.

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/        Allotted   Total holding following     Total % holding following
PDMR                             notification                notification
                            Beneficial            Non    Beneficial         Non
                                           beneficial                beneficial
Director
J C Barclay           202        1,134              -        0.003%           -
I M Buckley           202       18,524              -        0.045%           -
C M Burton            202        1,134              -        0.003%           -
P D G Chavasse        200        6,898              -        0.017%           -
J G S Coode-Adams     200        8,873              -        0.022%           -
S M Desborough        200        3,736              -        0.009%           -
R P Lanyon            200      207,313              -        0.502%           -
The Viscount Lifford  200       90,306         20,000        0.219%       0.048%
A T Morris            200       14,822              -        0.036%           -
R A Morris            200      258,576         41,190        0.627%       0.100%
P G Pearson Lund      200        3,236              -        0.008%           -
A D Pomfret           280       23,466              -        0.057%           -
G M Powell            200      300,658          7,500        0.729%       0.018%
R I Smeeton           200      130,661              -        0.317%           -

PDMR
T J Bolton Carter     200       26,225              -        0.064%           -
J R Chillingworth     200        2,478              -        0.006%           -
H M C Cunningham      200       39,569              -        0.096%           -
L A C Dodd            200       28,341              -        0.069%           -
C M Gore Langton      200      193,711              -        0.469%           -
J G Henderson         200       32,736              -        0.079%           -
C R C Hexton          200       86,841              -        0.210%           -
B Kenny               200       58,318              -        0.141%           -
R E Loader            200       60,336              -        0.146%           -
C P Mason             200          370              -        0.001%           -
J I Moorley           200       22,430              -        0.054%           -
C R Stick             200        2,736              -        0.007%           -
J B Vernon            200        2,736              -        0.007%           -

Shares were also allotted to Hill Samuel Offshore Trust Company Limited who are
the Trustees 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
                            Beneficial           Non    Beneficial          Non
                                          beneficial                 beneficial
Director
M P Egerton-Vernon    202       92,093             -        0.223%            -

PDMR
G Allan                80          373             -        0.001%            -
N Bennett             200        3,770             -        0.009%            -
M Biddlecombe         200        1,687             -        0.004%            -
S De Carteret         200        2,109             -        0.005%            -
C Harris              200       69,382             -        0.168%            -
J Hayden              200        1,831             -        0.004%            -
A Lovell              200        2,545             -        0.006%            -
K Patel               200        2,545             -        0.006%            -
J Quenault            200        2,109             -        0.005%            -


Richard Loader
Company Secretary
14 November 2005




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