Purchase of Own Securities

Artisan (UK) PLC
11 January 2002


                       Artisan (UK) plc ('the Company')

                          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 on 10 January 2002 it has
purchased a further 250,000 of the Company's ordinary shares at 7.625p per
share. On cancellation of these shares the Company's issued share capital will
be 284,715,760 ordinary shares.