Holding(s) in Company

Rathbone Brothers PLC
17 November 2006


Rathbone Brothers Plc ('the Company')

Ordinary Shares of 5p

Disclosure of Interests in Shares


On 17 November 2006, the Company received the following notification from
Fidelity International of a notifiable interest in the ordinary shares of the
Company.


1. Notification under Sections 198 to 202, Companies Act 1985


(A)  FMR Corp.
     82 Devonshire Street
     Boston, MA 02109


     Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),
     investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company
     (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment 
     manager of various pension and trust accounts. (See Schedule A for listing 
     of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).


(B)  Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
     P.O. Box: HM 670
     Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda


     Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
     including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL), Fidelity Gestion 
     (FIGEST), Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIA(K)L), Fidelity 
     Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension 
     Management (FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity Investments 
     International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment 
     companies and institutional clients.


2.   The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:


     Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d
     82 Devonshire Street
     Boston, MA 02109


     A principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

3.   The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit
     trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting 
     pursuant to Section 209 (1) (h) of the Companies Act 1985.

4.   These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
     notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the 
     purposes of clarity and efficiency. Nothing herein should be taken to 
     indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity 
     International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or 
     Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the 
     disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications 
     on a joint basis.


5.   The disclosable interests arise under section 208 (4) (b) of the Act, namely
     where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a 
     right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of 
     such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.


Schedule A

+---------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Shares Held    |Management      |Nominee/Registered name                  |
|               |Company         |                                         |
|               |                |                                         |
+---------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
|        161,687|FPM             |JP Morgan, Bournemouth                   |
+---------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
|          7,900|FPM             |Northern Trust, London                   |
+---------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
|         43,585|FISL            |JP Morgan, Bournemouth                   |
+---------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
|      1,884,054|FIL             |Brown Bros Harriman Ltd Lux              |
+---------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
|         10,930|FIL             |Northern Trust, London                   |
+---------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+


The total number of ordinary shares held under this notifiable interest is
2,108,156, a reduction of 322,000 ordinary shares since the last filing. The
current holding represents 4.99% of the shares in issue (42,275,852).


Richard Loader
Company Secretary

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