Directorate Change

Rathbone Brothers PLC
08 March 2006


8 March 2006

Rathbone Brothers Plc
Appointment of Non-Executive Directors

               Rathbones appoints two new non-executive directors

Rathbone Brothers Plc ('Rathbones') has appointed two additional independent
non-executive directors to its Board with effect from 7 March 2006.

Oliver Corbett

Oliver Corbett, aged 41, is group finance director of SVB Holdings PLC. He is a
chartered accountant and worked for SG Warburg, Phoenix Securities (later
Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette) and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, where he was
managing director, emerging companies, before joining SVB in October 2003.

Mark Robertshaw

Mark Robertshaw, aged 37, is currently chief financial officer and chief
operating officer of The Morgan Crucible Company plc and, as announced on 20
February 2006, is due to become chief executive later in the year. Prior to
joining Morgan Crucible in 2004 he was chief financial officer of Gartmore
Investment Management Plc for four years. He previously worked for the NatWest
Group and also spent nine years as a management consultant with Marakon
Associates.


Mark Powell, chairman of Rathbones, commented:

'Both Oliver and Mark have wide ranging experience in the financial sector and
elsewhere, as well as keen intellects. We are greatly looking forward to their
participation in our affairs.'


Appendix

Neither Mr Corbett nor Mr Robertshaw has held any other directorship of a
publicly quoted company, save those mentioned above, in the past five years.

Save as disclosed above in relation to other directorships, no information is
required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13.

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Enquiries:

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

Smithfield
Reg Hoare/Katie Hunt                                    020 7360 4900



Notes for editors:

Rathbone Brothers Plc

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 £10 billion of
funds, including £1.3 billion managed by Rathbone Unit Trust Management Limited
(as at 2 March 2006).




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