Rathbone Brothers PLC : Director/PDMR Shareholding

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC ("Rathbones" or "the Company")
DIRECTOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PLACING

The following directors (or their spouses) all participated in the placing announced earlier today, each acquiring 1,000 Rathbone Brothers Plc ordinary shares of 5 pence each at 1,235 pence. All shares will be registered in the name of Rathbone Nominees Limited. These transactions took place in London.

Director	Notification in respect of director or spouse	Total beneficial holding following this notification	Total percentage holding following this notification (ignoring treasury shares)
I M Buckley	Director	60,158	0.131%
P D G Chavasse	Spouse	81,576	0.178%
M P Nicholls	Spouse	3,395	0.007%
A D Pomfret	Spouse	123,460	0.269%
R I Smeeton	Director	137,871	0.301%
R P Stockton	Director	32,834	0.072%

Richard Loader
Company Secretary

7 November 2012

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