Additional Listing

Artisan (UK) PLC
19 December 2000

                               Artisan (UK) plc

                              Additional Listing


Application has today been made for admission of 4,000,000 new ordinary shares
of 0.5p each in the Company to trading on the Alternative Investment Market.
These shares have been issued pursuant a placing for cash at 13p per share to
raise £520,000 of additional working capital for the Company. The shares will
rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company. Dealings are
expected to commence in the new ordinary shares on 22 December 2000.