Rathbone Brothers PLC : Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rathbone Brothers Plc

Notification of share transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs")

On 28 February 2012, the following PDMRs exercised options over Rathbone Brothers Plc Ordinary Shares of 5p granted under the Rathbone Executive Share Option Scheme 2000. The market value at exercise was £12.60 being the closing mid market price on 27 February 2012. The shares allotted were registered in the name of Rathbone Nominees Limited.

Shares were subsequently sold on 28 February 2012 at £12.60.

Details are as follows:

Name	Number of shares over which options exercised	Number of shares sold	Exercise price	Total holding following notification	Total percentage holding following notification
Tim Bolton Carter	5,000	5,000	£7.435
Tim Bolton Carter	4,000	4,000	£8.52
Tim Bolton Carter	6,923	6,923	£8.10	30,886	0.071%
Robert Hughes-Penney	4,000	4,000	£8.52	17,114	0.039%
Richard Loader	4,000	4,000	£8.10	48,989	0.112%
James Thomson	3,000	0	£8.52	11,489	0.026%

Richard Loader
Company Secretary

28 February 2012

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