Artisan (UK) PLC
21 December 2001
Artisan (UK) plc
Re Directorate
As announced in the interim results released on 18 December 2001, Mr John
Alfred Jones, aged 52, has been appointed to the Board of Artisan as an
Executive Director with effect from 18 December 2001. Mr Jones is currently a
director of Rippon Homes Ltd, a subsidiary of Artisan, and was previously a
director of Ennstone Breedon Limited.
John Jones has no unspent convictions in relation to indictable offences or
been bankrupt or the subject of an individual voluntary arrangement, or has
had a receiver appointed to any asset or been a director of any company which,
while he was a director or within 12 months after he ceased to be a director,
had a receiver appointed or went into compulsory liquidation, creditors'
voluntary liquidation, administration or company voluntary arrangement, or
made any composition or arrangement with its creditors generally or with any
class of its creditors or been a partner of any partnership which while he was
a partner or within 12 months after he ceased to be a partner, went into
compulsory liquidation, administration or partnership voluntary arrangement or
had any asset subject to a receivership or been publicly criticised by any
statutory or regulatory authority or been disqualified from a court from
acting as a director of a company or from acting in the management or conduct
of the affairs of any company.
The board of Artisan is very pleased to welcome John to the board and believe
he will make a valuable contribution to the future success of the Group.

