Director Shareholding

Liontrust Asset Management PLC
11 September 2002


Liontrust Asset Management PLC

11 September 2002

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

The trustee of the Liontrust Asset Management Employee Trust notified the
Company on 11 September 2002 that it acquired in the market a total of 130,206
ordinary shares in the Company on 10 September 2002 at a price of 320p per
share. These shares have been purchased by the trust as part of a hedge in
relation to the potential National Insurance liability arising out of the
possible future exercise of options. Following this transaction, the trustee
held a total of 1,175,120 ordinary shares in the Company in which the following
directors had an interest as potential beneficiaries: W.E.S. Carey; N.R. Legge;
J.D.Lang; W.T. Pattisson; and A.J.V. Yates.

William Carey, Nigel Legge and Andrew Yates, directors of the Company, are
participants in the Company's Employee Share Ownership Plan ('the ESOP') and on
10 July 2002 were allocated 119,

119 and 120 ordinary shares respectively at a price of 317.5 p per share. This
takes their total holdings to 1,555, 627; 1,750,519 and 481,048 ordinary shares
respectively, representing approximately 4.68 per cent, 5.26 per cent and 1.44
per cent. respectively of the ordinary issued share capital of the Company.

Enquiries:

Nigel Legge or Andrew Yates

Tel: [phone]

Liontrust Asset Management PLC

Richard Locke

Tel: [phone]

Cazenove & Co, Ltd.




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