Directorate Change

Artemis Alpha Trust PLC
17 February 2005


ARTEMIS ALPHA TRUST PLC (the 'Company')

Appointment of non-executive Director

The Board of Directors of the Company is pleased to announce the appointment of
Mr David James Barron as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect
from 17 February 2005.

Mr Barron, 45, is currently head of the investment trust business at JPMorgan
Fleming Asset Management. He joined the asset management business of Robert
Fleming & Co. Limited in 1995 and has worked in the investment trust team, which
manages twenty investment trust clients, for five years. Before joining Robert
Fleming in 1995, Mr Barron worked in corporate finance for Hambros Bank and
Merrill Lynch. He is a non-executive director of the Association of Investment
Trust Companies. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Scotland and holds an MBA from INSEAD.

In accordance with paragraph 16.4 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing
Authority, the Company confirms the following:
          
     a.   Mr Barron holds no directorships of any other publicly quoted 
          companies, nor has he held any such directorships in the last five 
          years.

     b.   There are no details to be disclosed under paragraph 6.F.2 (b) to (g).

At the date of his appointment, Mr Barron holds neither a beneficial nor a
non-beneficial interest in the capital of the Company.



BNP Paribas Secretarial Services Limited

Secretary

17 February 2005


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