Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9561G

Rathbone Brothers PLC

19 May 2011

Rathbone Brothers Plc (the 'Company')

Directors' shareholdings

In accordance with the rules of the Company's executive director profit share plan (the 'Plan'), following the payment of the final Rathbone Brothers Plc dividend for 2010 on 18 May 2011, the following directors were awarded notional deferred 'dividend share' awards of Rathbone Brothers Plc ordinary shares. The number of shares was calculated at £11.85 being the closing mid-market share price on 18 May 2011 in accordance with the Plan rules.

Ordinarily, deferred dividend share awards will vest when the underlying deferred share award vests on the third anniversary of the end of the relevant financial year. Vesting is not subject to the satisfaction of performance conditions but all or part of an award may lapse in certain circumstances, for example in the event of the director being considered a 'bad leaver'.

Director	Deferred 'dividend share' award	Total holding	Total holding as % of issued share capital
I M Buckley	240	44,309	0.102%
P D G Chavasse	276	64,196	0.148%
R P Lanyon	533	216,054	0.497%
A T Morris	224	62,163	0.143%
A D Pomfret	487	116,115	0.267%
R I Smeeton	530	128,333	0.295%
R P Stockton	267	12,654	0.029%