Rathbone Brothers Plc : Director/PDMR Sharehol...

Annex DTR3

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Connected Persons

1.	Name of the issuer   Rathbone Brothers Plc	2.	State whether the notification relates to (i) a transaction notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.2 R, (ii) a disclosure made in accordance LR 9.8.6R(1) or (iii) a disclosure made in accordance with section 793 of the Companies Act (2006).   (i)
3.	Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities/director     Richard Smeeton	4.	State whether notification relates to a person connected with a person discharging managerial responsibilities/director named in 3 and identify the connected person   Notification in respect of the PDMR and his spouse
5.	Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the person referred to in 3 or 4 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest   Beneficial interest	6.	Description of shares (including class), debentures or derivatives or financial instruments relating to shares     Ordinary shares of 5p
7.	Name of registered shareholders(s) and, if more than one, the number of shares held by each of them   Rathbone Nominees Ltd.	8.	State the nature of the transaction       Share sale
9.	Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to shares acquired     N/a	10.	Percentage of issued class acquired (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)   N/a
11.	Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to shares disposed     2,600	12.	Percentage of issued class disposed (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)   0.005%
13.	Price per share or value of transaction   £22.60	14.	Date and place of transaction   25 February 2016, London
15.	Total holding following notification and total percentage holding following notification (any treasury shares should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)   71,374 (0.148%)	16.	Date issuer informed of transaction           25 February 2016

If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted options by the issuer
complete the following boxes

17.	Date of grant	18.	Period during which or date on which exercisable
19.	Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option	20.	Description of shares or debentures involved (class and number)
21.	Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at the time of exercise	22.	Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following notification

23.

Any additional information     N/a

24.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries   Richard Loader 020 7399 0000

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification   Richard Loader Company Secretary   Date of notification   25 February 2016

Notes:    This form is intended for use by an issuer to make a RIS notification required by DR 3.3.

(1)	An issuer making a notification in respect of a transaction relating to the shares or debentures of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 16, 23 and 24.
(2)	An issuer making a notification in respect of a derivative relating the shares of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.
(3)	An issuer making a notification in respect of options granted to a director/person discharging managerial responsibilities should complete boxes 1 to 3 and 17 to 24.
(4)	An issuer making a notification in respect of a financial instrument relating to the shares of the issuer (other than a debenture) should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.

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Source: Rathbone Brothers Plc via Globenewswire

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