Artisan Placing

Artisan (UK) PLC
10 May 2000


ARTISAN (UK) plc RAISES £150,000 WITH PRIVATE PLACING

Artisan (UK) plc, the AIM listed housebuilding, property development,
contracting and property refurbishment group, announces that conditional on
their admission to AIM, the company has today completed the private placing of
909,091 ordinary shares in the company at 162p per share, raising £150,000
which will be used as additional working capital.

Enquiries:
Artisan (UK) plc                                         01480 436666
Stephen Dean, Chairman                                                 
Chris Musselle, Finance Director

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Rodney Johnson