Director/PDMR Shareholding

Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC

(the "Company")

Director Shareholding

8 March 2010 

Notification of Transaction of Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility or Connected Persons

This notification relates to a transaction notified in accordance with Disclosure Rules 3.1.4R (1) (a).

On 8 March 2010, Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC received notification that Barry Mark Howard, Executive Director, has today acquired 20,000 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 131.4p each, representing 0.0088% of the total issued share capital of the Company.

His resultant holding in the Company is now 213,326 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.0936% of the total issued share capital of the Company, of these Ordinary Shares 125,234 are nil paid. The total number of Ordinary Shares over which he holds options is 146,159.

For further information contact

Angela Wright

Company Secretary

Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC

0845 213 3205