Director Shareholding

Artisan (UK) PLC
26 February 2001

                               Artisan (UK) plc

                            Directors Shareholding


Stephen Dean, Chairman of Artisan (UK) plc, purchased on 23 February 2001,
400,000 ordinary shares in Artisan at 12.5p per share. As a result of this
purchase Stephen Dean is now beneficially interested in 29,625,000 Artisan
ordinary shares representing 10.47% of the company's issued share capital.