Rathbone Brothers PLC : Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rathbone Brothers Plc
Directors' shareholding
Conditional Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) awards for 2012-14

On 20 March 2012, the following conditional awards of Rathbone Brothers Plc ordinary shares were made to directors of the Company at £12.61, being the average mid-market closing price during the 20 business days prior to the award. These awards were made pursuant to the Rathbone Brothers Plc Long Term Incentive Plan approved by shareholders on 11 May 2011.

Director	Conditional award
Ian Buckley	12,252
Paul Chavasse	14,825
Richard Lanyon	14,393
Andrew Morris	12,073
Andy Pomfret	20,222
Richard Smeeton	13,536
Paul Stockton	13,221

The awards will vest no earlier than the third anniversary of the date of grant. Vesting will be subject to the achievement of EPS and TSR performance conditions over the 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2014 performance period.

Richard Loader
Company Secretary

20 March 2012

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