Director Shareholding

Liontrust Asset Management PLC
16 July 2001

Liontrust Asset Management PLC ('the Company')

Notification is given that the Liontrust Asset Management Employee Trust ('the
Employee Trust') today purchased 27,861 shares in the Company at a price of
352.5 pence.


The Directors of the Company are deemed to be interested in the shares held by
the Employee Trust.


13 July 2001



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Liontrust Asset Management PLC                            020 7412 1700

Andrew Yates