Director Shareholding

Rathbone Brothers PLC
21 October 2003


Rathbone Brothers Plc

Directors' Shareholding

On 20 October 2003, ordinary shares of 5p were acquired at £7.21 by Hill Samuel
ESOP Trustees Limited who are the Trustees of The Rathbone Inland Revenue
Approved Employee Share Incentive Plan ('the Plan'). The purchase was in respect
of the reinvestment of dividends paid into the Plan. The registered holder is
Lloyds TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited. A/c AESOP1.

The following directors are beneficial owners of the following shares (subject
to the terms and conditions of the Plan Trust Deed and Rules).

Director       Purchase       Total holding following       Total % holding following
                                  notification                   notification
                           Beneficial    Non beneficial   Beneficial    Non beneficial

R A Morris           14       298,069           14,250         0.743%           0.036%

G M Powell           14       298,991           10,000         0.745%           0.025%

A D Pomfret          14        14,069                0         0.035%               -

R P Lanyon           14       226,146                0         0.563%               -

M W F Leather        14       145,162                0         0.362%               -

The Viscount Lifford 14        88,639           20,884         0.221%           0.052%

A T Morris           14        13,155                0         0.033%               -

R I Smeeton          14       125,287            7,925         0.312%           0.020%

W Rathbone           14        12,069            1,650         0.030%           0.004%

J G S Coode-Adams    13         7,210                0         0.018%               -

P D G Chavasse       11         3,302                0         0.008%               -


Richard Loader
Company Secretary
21 October 2003


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