Director Shareholding

Rathbone Brothers PLC
15 October 2004


Rathbone Brothers Plc
Directors' Shareholding


On 15 October 2004, ordinary shares of 5p were acquired at £7.035 by Hill Samuel
ESOP Trustees Limited who are the Trustees of The Rathbone Inland Revenue
Approved Employee Share Incentive Plan ('the Plan'). The purchase was in respect
of the reinvestment of dividends paid into the Plan. The registered holder is
Lloyds TSB Registrars Corporate Nominees Limited. A/c AESOP1.


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


Director       Purchase       Total holding following       Total % holding following
                                  notification                   notification
                           Beneficial    Non beneficial    Beneficial  Non beneficial

J C Barclay           3           236                -         0.001%          -
I M  Buckley          2        15,132                -         0.037%          -
C M  Burton           3           236                -         0.001%          -
P D G Chavasse       23         5,955                -         0.015%          -
J G S Coode-Adams    25         7,921                -         0.019%          -
S M Desborough       26         1,782                -         0.004%          -
R P Lanyon           26       218,859                -         0.537%          -
The Viscount Lifford 26        89,352           20,000         0.219%     0.049%
A T Morris           26        13,868                -         0.034%          -
R A Morris           26       261,962           42,250         0.643%     0.104%
A D Pomfret          26        19,992                -         0.049%          -
G M Powell           26       299,704           10,000         0.736%     0.025%
R I Smeeton          26       133,925                -         0.329%          -


Richard Loader
Company Secretary
15 October 2004



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