Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rathbone Brothers PLC
27 September 2007




Rathbone Brothers Plc

Notification of dealing by Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibility ('PDMR')


On 26 September 2007 the following directors and PDMRs exercised share options
over Rathbone Brothers Plc Ordinary Shares of 5p granted under Rathbone Brothers
Plc share option schemes. The market value at exercise was £12.68 being the
closing mid market price on 25 September 2007. Following the option exercise, a
share sale took place on 27 September 2007 at £12.70. Details are set out below.


Name                 Director/   Registered             Number of  Exercise      Sold        Total          Total
                        PDMR     shareholder          shares over     price                holding     percentage
                                                            which                        following        holding
                                                          options                     notification      following
                                                        exercised                                    notification
Lorraine Dodd          PDMR      Rathbone Nominees          2,000    £9.325         -       40,080         0.094%
                                 Ltd.
Robert Hughes-Penney   PDMR      Rathbone Nominees          5,000    £7.325     5,000        4,713         0.011%
                                 Ltd.
Peter Pearson Lund     Director  Rathbone Nominees          3,000    £8.142         -       10,832         0.025%
                        & PDMR   Ltd.



Belinda Barnes
Executive Assistant
27 September 2007
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