Holding in Company

Liontrust Asset Management PLC
24 January 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

LIONTRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

MERSEYSIDE PENSION FUND

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

AS IN 2

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, BRUSSELS - A/C 605000

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

-

6) Percentage of issued class

-

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

271,000

8) Percentage of issued class

0.825

9) Class of security

Ordinary 1p

10) Date of transaction

23 January 2001

11) Date company informed

23 January 2001

12) Total holding following this notification

1,250,000

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.80

14) Any additional information

-

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

David V Gibbons 020 7220 3217


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

David V Gibbons, Company Secretary

Date of notification: 24 January 2001