Holding(s) in Company

Rathbone Brothers PLC
19 March 2007




TR-1: notification of major interests in shares

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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying |     Rathbone Brothers PLC      |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting   |                                |
|rights are attached:                        |                                |
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|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or |         |
|boxes)                                                             |         |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                        |         |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may      |         |
|result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting |         |
|rights are attached                                                |         |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                   |         |
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|Other (please specify): Implementation of Transparency Directive   |    x    |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the    |AEGON UK Group of Companies     |
|notification obligation:                    |                                |
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different|                                |
|from 3.):                                   |                                |
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|5. Date of the transaction (and date on     |                                |
|which the threshold is crossed or reached if|                                |
|different):                                 |                                |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:           |        19th March 2007         |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or      |                                |
|reached:                                    |                                |
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|8. Notified details:                        |                                |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                              |
+------------+---------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation      |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction|
|of shares   |previous to the|                                                    |
|            |Triggering     |                                                    |
|if possible |transaction    |                                                    |
|using the   +-------+-------+---------+---------------------+--------------------+
|ISIN CODE   |Number |Number |Number of|Number of voting     |% of voting rights  |
|            |of     |of     |shares   |rights               |                    |
|            |Shares |Voting +---------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
|            |       |Rights |Direct   |Direct x  |Indirect  |Direct   |Indirect  |
+------------+-------+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+----------+
|GB0002148343|n/a    |n/a    |1,531,929|1,531,929 |-         |    3.62%|     0.00%|
+------------+-------+-------+---------+----------+----------+---------+----------+

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|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|Type of        |Expiration |Exercise/         |Number of voting   |% of voting|
|financial      |date       |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights     |
|instrument     |           |Date              |acquired if the    |           |
|               |           |                  |instrument is      |           |
|               |           |                  |exercised/         |           |
|               |           |                  |converted.         |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|               |           |                  |                   |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+

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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
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|Number of voting rights              |% of voting rights                     |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|1,531,929                            |                                  3.62%|
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or   |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               |
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|AEGON UK Group of companies - parent undertaking of:                         |
|                                                                             |
|AEGON Asset Management UK plc                                                |
|                                                                             |
|AEGON Investment Management UK ltd.                                          |
|                                                                             |
|AEGON ICVC                                                                   |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
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|10. Name of the proxy holder:                   |AEGON UK Group of Companies |
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|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will   |N/A                         |
|cease to hold:                                  |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to    |N/A                         |
|hold voting rights:                             |                            |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+

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|13. Additional information:     |AEGON UK Group of Companies consists of:    |
|                                |                                            |
|                                |AEGON Asset Management UK plc               |
|                                |                                            |
|                                |AEGON Investment Management UK ltd          |
|                                |                                            |
|                                |AEGON ICVC                                  |
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|14. Contact name:               |Richard Loader                              |
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|15. Contact telephone number:   |020 7399 0000                               |
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