Holding(s) in Company

Rathbone Brothers PLC
15 August 2006

Rathbone Brothers Plc
Ordinary Shares of 5p
Disclosure of Interest in Shares

Rathbone Brothers Plc ('the Company') has today received a notification (as
required by the Companies Act 1985 Part VI) from AEGON Asset Management UK plc
that following a purchase of 4,156 ordinary shares in the Company, the AEGON UK
plc Group of Companies has a notifiable interest in 1,264,791 ordinary shares of
the Company which represents 3.00% of the issued share capital of 42,119,073
ordinary shares. The registered holder is Citibank Nominees Limited.

The 'AEGON UK plc Group of Companies' means Scottish Equitable plc, Scottish
Equitable (Managed Funds) Limited, AEGON Fund Management UK Ltd, AEGON
Investment Management UK Ltd, AEGON Asset Management UK plc, Scottish Equitable
Trustees Limited, Guardian Assurance plc, Guardian Linked Life Assurance
Limited, Guardian Pensions Management Limited and Guardian Unit Managers
Limited, all having a place of business at Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh EH12 9SE.

Richard Loader
Company Secretary

Telephone [phone]

15 August 2006



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