Directors' Shareholdings via ESOP

Liontrust Asset Management PLC

19 October 2006

Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act 1985 s.329

Liontrust Asset Management PLC ("the Company") has been notified on 19 October
2006 of dealing in the Company's ordinary shares as follows:

Nigel Legge and Vinay Abrol, directors of the Company, are participants in the
Company's Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "ESOP") and on 19 October 2006
were allocated 108 ordinary shares each at a price of 347p per share.

Nigel Legge's total interest following this notification is 895,329 ordinary
shares or 2.56% of the total issued share capital of the Company. Vinay Abrol's
total interest following this notification is 407,239 ordinary shares or 1.16%
of the total issued share capital of the Company.

Enquiries:

Vinay Abrol

Tel: [phone]

Liontrust Asset Management PLC