Director Shareholding

Liontrust Asset Management PLC
2 March 2001

Liontrust Asset Management PLC ('the Company' or 'Liontrust')

NOTIFICATION OF DIRECTORS INTERESTS
The Company was advised yesterday that on 1 March 2001 the Directors and persons
connected to them, listed below, acquired ordinary shares of 1p in the Company
at a purchase price of 330p per share by participating in the secondary placing
of shares in Liontrust.  The number of shares acquired by Directors and
subsequent shareholdings, and resulting percentage shareholding in the Company
are as follows:
Director         Number of Percentage of       Total holding as a Percentage of
                    shares  issued class           result of this  issued class
                  acquired                           announcement
Margaret            25,000         0.08%                  110,000         0.33%
Ellen Winser
Nigel               15,152         0.05%                2,337,952         7.10%
Richard
Legge
William              5,000         0.02%                  159,400         0.48%
Thomas
Patterson
Andrew James         3,030         0.01%                  479,117         1.46%
Yates
James Gerald        10,000         0.03%                   40,000         0.12%
Sanger

Name of authorised company official responsible for making this announcement:

David Gibbons (Liontrust Company Secretary)

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

David Gibbons

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