Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3793G

Rathbone Brothers PLC

11 May 2011

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC

RESULTS OF THE 2011 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18

At the fortieth Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 159 New Bond Street, London, W1S 2UD on Wednesday 11 May 2011, all the resolutions proposed (which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 31 March 2011) were passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 1 to 12 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 15 were special resolutions.

The full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, a copy of which is on the Company's website at http://www.rathbones.com/investor-relations/governance/general-meetings. A copy has also been made available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism which can be found at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Details of proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are as follows:

Shares in issue at date of meeting: 43,403,054

Number of votes per share: 1

Resolution		For	Against	Vote withheld
1	To adopt the report of the directors and the auditors and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2010	30,934,735	2,301	684,091
2	To approve the remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2010	30,784,508	114,587	722,032
3	To approve the final dividend of 28p per share for the year ended 31 December 2010	30,937,035	1	684,091
4	To elect Mark Nicholls as a director of the Company	30,547,434	390,162	683,531
5	To re-elect Ian Buckley as a director of the Company	30,036,313	841,563	743,251
6	To re-elect Paul Chavasse as a director of the Company	30,027,027	910,569	683,531
7	To re-elect David Harrel as a director of the Company	30,377,085	560,511	683,531
8	To appoint KPMG Audit Plc as auditors of the Company	30,641,105	63,754	916,268
9	To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors	30,894,526	40,779	685,822
10	To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure	30,919,314	17,165	684,648
11	To approve the 2011 Long Term Incentive Plan	30,568,641	45,525	1,006,961
12	To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares	30,206,660	729,014	685,453
13	To authorise the waiving of pre-emption rights	29,864,593	1,071,081	685,453
14	To authorise market repurchases of ordinary shares	30,928,206	6,768	686,153
15	To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) with 14 days' notice	30,056,378	878,658	686,091