RNS Number:9880Q
Rathbone Brothers PLC
16 October 2003


Rathbone Brothers Plc ("The Company")
Notification of Interests of Directors

On 16 October 2003, Andrew Morris, a director of the Company, exercised options
over 27,500 Rathbone Brothers Plc ordinary shares of 5p under the Rathbone
Employee Share Option Schemes 1993 and 1996 as follows:

                              No. of shares                 Exercise price
                                     20,000                        #3.225
                                      7,500                        #3.720
        TOTAL                        27,500

18,000 ordinary shares arising from the exercise, representing 0.045% of the
issued share capital of the Company were then sold on 16 October 2003 at a price
of #7.18.

Following these transactions, his total beneficial holding has increased to
13,141 ordinary shares, representing 0.033% of the issued share capital of the
Company.

The shares are registered in the name of Rathbone Nominees Limited.


Richard Loader
Company Secretary
Tel 020 7399 0000

16 October 2003


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