Director Shareholding

Liontrust Asset Management PLC
02 December 2003


Liontrust Asset Management plc

2 December 2003

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

Liontrust Asset Management plc ('the Company') has been notified on 2 December
2003 of dealing in the Company's ordinary shares as follows:

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
1 December 2003 were allocated 89, 89 and 94 ordinary shares respectively at a
price of 459p per share.

William Carey's total interest following this notification is 1,007,247 ordinary
shares or 2.88% of the total issued share capital of the Company.  Nigel Legge's
total interest following this notification is 880,133 ordinary shares or 2.52%
of the total issued share capital of the Company.  Andrew Yates' total interest
following this notification is 482,714 ordinary shares or 1.38% of the total
issued share capital of the Company.

Enquiries:

Nigel Legge

Tel: [phone]

Liontrust Asset Management PLC

END




                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange