Purchase of Own Securities

Artisan (UK) PLC
2 January 2002

                               Artisan (UK) plc

                          Purchase of Own Securities


At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 4 September 2001,
Shareholders granted the Company authority to purchase up to 43,080,000
ordinary shares.


The Company announces that it has on 21 December 2001 purchased 500,000 of the
Company's ordinary shares at 7.625p per share. On cancellation of these shares
the Company's issued share capital will be 285,212,760 ordinary shares.