Director Shareholding

Rathbone Brothers PLC
28 October 2002

Rathbone Brothers Plc

Directors' Shareholding

On 16 October 2002, ordinary shares of 5p were acquired by Hill Samuel ESOP
Trustees Limited who are the Trustees of The Rathbone Inland Revenue Approved
Employee Share Ownership Plan ('the Plan'). The purchase was in respect of the
reinvestment of dividends paid into the Plan. The registered holder is Lloyds
TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited. A/c AESOP1.


The following directors are beneficial owners of the following shares (subject
to the terms and conditions of the Plan Trust Deed and Rules).

Director                Purchase         Total holding following        Total % holding following
                                               notification                   notification
                                      Beneficial     Non beneficial  Beneficial    Non beneficial

M L Ingall              8             153,849        25,000          0.39%         0.06%
R A Morris              8             297,449        14,250          0.76%         0.04%
G M Powell              8             298,371        10,000          0.76%         0.03%
A D Pomfret             8             13,449         0               0.03%         -
R P Lanyon              8             225,526        0               0.57%         -
M W F Leather           8             144,542        0               0.37%         -
The Viscount Lifford    8             85,519         0               0.22%         -
A T Morris              8             3,035          0               0.01%         -
R I Smeeton             8             122,067        7,925           0.31%         0.02%
W Rathbone              8             11,449         1,650           0.03%         0.00%
J G S Coode-Adams       7             3,592          0               0.01%         -
P D G Chavasse          3             1,193          0               0.00%         -



Richard Loader

Company Secretary

28 October 2002


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