Further re Rensburg Proposal

Rathbone Brothers PLC
22 April 2005




Rathbone Brothers Plc ('Rathbones')

It was announced on 7 April 2005 that Rathbones would not proceed with an offer
to acquire Rensburg plc. One-off costs associated with Rathbones'
pre-conditional offer proposal are estimated to be not more than £1.6 million
and these will be charged to the profit and loss account for the six months
ended 30 June 2005.


Richard Loader
Company Secretary
22 April 2005
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