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18/05/2016 14:55

RATHBONE BROTHERS PLC ('Rathbones') 
 RESULTS OF THE 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 
 N OTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LISTING RULE 9.6.18 
 
 At the forty-fifth Annual General Meeting of the Company held at 1 Curzon
Street, London, W1J 5FB on Wednesday 18 May 2016, all the resolutions proposed
(which were contained in the Notice of Meeting dated 8 April 2016) were passed
on a poll. 
 
 Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 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 . A copy has also been
made available for inspection through the National Storage Mechanism which can
be found at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM . 
 
 The results of the poll were as follows: 
 
        Resolution                                                                                                                             For         %      Against       %    Votes cast    Votes cast as a % of the voting capital      Withheld  
  1     To adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015                                                            37,700,179     99.96       14,137    0.04    37,714,316                                      78.24       191,654  
  2     To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2015                                               36,323,769     96.36    1,371,806    3.64    37,695,575                                      78.20       210,393  
  3     To declare a final dividend of 34p per share for the year ended 31 December 2015                                                37,722,645    100.00            0    0.00    37,722,645                                      78.26       183,325  
  4     To re-elect Mark Nicholls as a director                                                                                         37,475,138     99.97       11,080    0.03    37,486,218                                      77.77       419,752  
  5     To re-elect Philip Howell as a director                                                                                         37,712,884     99.91       33,056    0.09    37,745,940                                      78.31      161,736  
  6     To re-elect Paul Stockton as a director                                                                                         37,716,826     99.99        5,063    0.01    37,721,889                                      78.26       184,081  
  7     To re-elect Paul Chavasse as a director                                                                                         37,702,173     99.95       20,472    0.05    37,722,645                                      78.26       183,325  
  8     To re-elect David Harrel as a director                                                                                          37,590,204     99.66      127,648    0.34    37,717,852                                      78.25       188,118  
  9     To re-elect James Dean as a director                                                                                            37,715,541     99.99        2,311    0.01    37,717,852                                      78.25       188,118  
  10    To re-elect Sarah Gentleman as a director                                                                                       37,712,016     99.98        5,836    0.02    37,717,852                                      78.25       188,118  
  11    To re-elect Kathryn Matthews as a director                                                                                      37,717,918    100.00          960    0.00    37,718,878                                      78.25       187,092  
  12    To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company                                                                               37,458,397     99.97       12,592    0.03    37,470,989                                      77.74       434,979  
  13    To authorise the audit committee of the board of directors to agree the remuneration of the auditors                            37,714,445     99.95       18,919    0.05    37,733,364                                      78.28       172,606  
  14    To approve an authority to make political donations and to incur political expenditure                                          37,343,942     99.58      158,006    0.42    37,501,948                                      77.80       404,022  
  15    To approve a general authority to allot ordinary shares                                                                         36,518,136     96.99    1,135,215    3.01    37,653,351                                      78.12       252,619  
  16    To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights                                                                           37,418,849     99.95       19,871    0.05    37,438,720                                      77.67       467,250  
  17    To further authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in relation to acquisitions and specified capital investments     35,865,320     95.80    1,572,765    4.20    37,438,085                                      77.67       467,884  
  18    To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares                                                                                37,335,457     99.30      262,153    0.70    37,597,610                                      78.00       308,359  
  19    To authorise the convening of a general meeting (other than the AGM) or not less than 14 days' notice                           37,046,583     98.53      550,862    1.47    37,597,445                                      78.00       308,525  
 
 For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the votes cast are
expressed as a percentage of 48,201,707 ordinary shares.  A vote "withheld"
is not a vote in law and has not been counted as a vote "for" or "against" a
resolution.  In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions
passed at today's AGM will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism. 
 
 Shelly Chadda 
 Investor Relations Manager 
 
 Tel: 020 7399 0000 
 

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