Holding(s) in Company

Rathbone Brothers PLC
16 June 2004


Rathbone Brothers Plc ('the Company')
Ordinary shares of 5p
Disclosure of Interests in Shares

On 15 June 2004, the Company received the following notification from Fidelity
Investments dated 14 June 2004.

Notification under Sections 198 to 202, Companies Act 1985

1.  Notifiable Interest
    Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
    P O BOX HM 670
    Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

    Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
    including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL), investment managers
    for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. (See
    Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

2.  The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

    Mr Edward C Johnson 3d
    82 Devonshire Street
    Boston MA 02109

    A principal shareholder of Fidelity International Limited

3.  The notifiable interests include interests held on behalf of authorised unit
    trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting
    pursuant to Section 209 (1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

4.  These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
    notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the
    purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to
    indicate that Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect
    subsidiaries or Mr Edward C Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in
    respect of the disclosed interest, or that they are required to submit these
    notifications on a joint basis.

5.  The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, namely
    where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a
    right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of
    such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.

Schedule A
        Shares        Management Company    Nominee/Registered name
        Held
           198,980                  FISL    Chase Manhattan Bank London
         1,164,181                   FIL    HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK)
                                            Ltd
           104,046                   FIL    Chase Manhattan Bank London
            13,400                   FIL    State Street Bank & Trust

The total number of Ordinary Shares held under this notifiable interest is
1,480,607 which represents 3.64% of the shares in issue.

Richard Loader
Company Secretary
Telephone [phone]

16 June 2004






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