Second Major pre-let

Artisan (UK) PLC 09 August 2007 Artisan (UK) plc Second Major pre-let Artisan (UK) plc ('Artisan' or 'the Group'), the residential house builder and commercial business park developer, announces further progress in developing its property businesses with the pre-let of a new unit at its Vantage Business Park in Huntingdon. The unit will be retained as the second property within Artisan's investment property business and will be partly occupied by Artisan's head office. The Board announced in May 2007 its strategy of retaining selected properties from its development portfolio as investment properties together with the announcement of the first investment property at Colmworth. The agreement to lease is in respect of a bespoke unit at Vantage Business Park in Huntingdon, due for build completion in late 2007. The building will be in two parts with Speymill Group plc (''Speymill'') occupying 5,000 sq ft and Artisan occupying 3,000 sq ft. The Board is satisfied that this opportunity fulfils its criteria for retention as an investment property unit. Artisan's Chief Executive, Chris Musselle, commented: 'Artisan shares its present office premises, on which the lease has ended, with Speymill and will continue to do so in the Vantage Business Park: this new building is a logical next step for Artisan, reflecting the progress made in recent years.' Chief Executive of Speymill, Andrew Latham said: 'The new office space is desperately needed as Speymill Contracts Ltd, our UK contracting subsidiary, continues the significant expansion of its hospitality based construction business, and we are pleased to be involved with Artisan in the creation of our new offices.' Artisan (UK) plc Chris Musselle Chief Executive 01480 436666 email@artisan-plc.co.uk Brewin Dolphin Securities Nominated advisers 0121 236 7000 Limited Ifor Williams Bankside Consultants Financial PR advisers 020 7367 8888 Simon Rothschild 07703 167065 Louise Mason Company website: www.artisan-plc.co.uk www.artisandevelopments.co.uk Speymill website www.speymill.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange