EBT Holding in Company

Liontrust Asset Management plc

5 April 2005

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

The Trustee of the Liontrust Asset Management Employee Trust has notified the
Company that it acquired in the market a total of 537,636 ordinary shares in
the Company on 4 April 2005 at a price of 287.5p per share. Following this
transaction, the Trust held a total of 2,638,887 ordinary shares in the Company
in which the following directors had an interest as potential beneficiaries: V
K Abrol, N R Legge, J D Lang and W T Pattisson. The Liontrust Asset Management
Employee Trust is a trust, which purchases or subscribes for ordinary shares in
the Company, so as to allow the Trustee to satisfy the exercise of options
granted under the Liontrust Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme.

Enquiries:

Nigel Legge

Tel: [phone]

Liontrust Asset Management plc