Trading Statement

Rathbone Brothers PLC
10 January 2008


10 January 2008


                             Rathbone Brothers Plc
                      Trading Update and Notice of Results

Trading Update

Rathbone Brothers Plc ('Rathbones'), a leading provider of discretionary fund
management and wealth management services for private investors and trustees, is
pleased to announce that total funds under management as at its year end, 31
December 2007, stood at £13.12 billion, a rise of 7.2% compared with £12.24
billion as at 31 December 2006.

During the same period the FTSE 100 Index rose by 3.8% and the FT All-Share
Index by 2.0%. The FTSE/APCIMS Balanced Index, which Rathbones regards as the
index which most closely reflects the spread of investments held by its private
investor and trustee clients, rose by 2.5% during the year.

Funds managed by Rathbone Investment Management Limited rose 8.2% over the 12
months to 31 December 2007 to £11.23 billion. Funds managed by Rathbone Unit
Trust Management rose from £1.86 billion to £1.89 billion, an increase of 1.6%
during the year.

Notice of Results

Rathbone Brothers Plc will issue its preliminary results for the year ended 31
December 2007 on Thursday 6 March 2008, which are anticipated to be in line with
market expectations.

                                      ENDS


For further information contact:


Rathbone Brothers Plc                          020 7399 0000 (Switchboard)
Mark Powell, Chairman
Andy Pomfret, Chief Executive
Emily Morris, Marketing Director

Smithfield                                     020 7360 4900
Reg Hoare/Miranda Good



Notes for editors:

Rathbone Brothers Plc specialises in providing, through its subsidiaries,
personalised investment management and wealth management services for private
clients and trustees, including discretionary asset management, tax planning,
trust and company management, and banking services. It manages £13.12 billion of
funds, including £1.89 billion managed by Rathbone Unit Trust Management (as at
31 December 2007). For existing investment management and trust company clients,
Rathbones offers a range of banking services, from overnight cash and currency
accounts to time deposits and overdraft facilities.



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