Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Rathbone Brothers Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

 Massachusetts Financial Services Company

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

 MFS invests in securities of the issuer on behalf of its various mutual funds and institutional account clients.

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

 17 May 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 19 May 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 GB0002148343

2,075,149

2,075,149

2,254,063

 5.19%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 2,254,063

 5.19%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Rathbone Brothers plc - 0214834

Holdings as of 17 May

Entity

MFS Investment Management (MFS)

MFS International Ltd. (MIL)

MFS International (U.K.) Limited (MIL U.K.)

Notifiable Interest

Shares outstanding

Holding

641,435

179,290

1,433,338

2,254,063 

43,304,054

Percentage held

1.48%

0.41%

3.30%

5.19%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

 Richard Loader (Rathbones)

15. Contact telephone number:

 020 7399 0000