Holding(s) in Company

Rathbone Brothers PLC
16 February 2006


Rathbone Brothers Plc
Ordinary Shares of 5p

Disclosure of Interest in Shares

Rathbone Brothers Plc ('the Company') has today received a notification (as
required by the Companies Act 1985 Part VI) from AEGON Asset Management UK plc
that following a disposal of 38,210 ordinary shares in the Company, the AEGON UK
plc Group of Companies no longer has a notifiable interest in the ordinary
shares of the Company.

The 'AEGON UK plc Group of Companies' means Scottish Equitable plc, Scottish
Equitable (Managed Funds) Limited, AEGON Fund Management UK Ltd, AEGON
Investment Management UK Ltd, AEGON Asset Management UK plc, Scottish Equitable
Trustees Limited, Guardian Assurance plc, Guardian Linked Life Assurance
Limited, Guardian Pensions Management Limited and Guardian Unit Managers
Limited, all having a place of business at Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh EH12 9SE.

Richard Loader
Company Secretary
Telephone [phone]

16 February 2006



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