Liontrust Asset Management : Directorate Change

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19 January 2022

Stock Exchange Announcement

LIONTRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC

Directorate Change

Liontrust Asset Management Plc ("Liontrust", or the "Company"), the specialist independent fund management group, today announces the appointment Emma Howard Boyd CBE as a new Non-executive Director with effect from 19 January 2022.

Emma brings extensive commercial and financial services experience to the Board, as well as a background in governance and stewardship. She has held a number of non-executive and advisory roles over the past eight years since leaving Jupiter Asset Management as Director, Stewardship.

Currently, Emma is Chair of the Environment Agency, an Ex officio board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and interim Chair of the Green Finance Institute. She is also an Adviser to the Board of Trade, and a UN Global Ambassador for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience ahead of COP26.

Emma also serves on several boards and advisory committees which include:

• The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (co-Chair)
• The European Climate Foundation
• The Council for Sustainable Business
• The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project
• Menhaden Resource Efficiency Plc

Emma was the UK Commissioner to the Global Commission on Adaptation from 2018 until January 2021.

She holds a BA (Hons) in Law and Economics from St John's College, Durham University.

Commenting on the appointment, Alastair Barbour, Non-executive Chairman, said: "On behalf of the Directors, I would like to welcome Emma to the Board. Emma is going to be an excellent addition given her extensive and broad experience in public office, sustainability, ESG and financial services.

"This expertise, along with Emma's championing of diversity and inclusion, will be invaluable to the Board and the Company as the Liontrust Sustainable Investment team and their funds continue growing and we further integrate sustainability across the business.

"Emma's 25 years of working in financial services, including over 15 years as a director at Jupiter Asset Management, will also be a positive input into Liontrust's ongoing expansion of its investment capability and proposition."

Notes:

1. The appointment of Emma Howard Boyd was made by the Board on the recommendation of the Nomination Committee.
2. The Board has determined that Emma Howard Boyd will be an independent Non- executive Director on appointment in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code.

3. Emma Howard Boyd CBE has been a director of the following listed companies in the last five years:

Current Directorships	Past Directorships
Menhaden Resource Efficiency Plc	N/A

1. Membership of committees will be determined in due course.
2. There are no additional details to disclose in respect of Emma Howard Boyd's appointment under Listing Rule 9.6.13R.

For further information please contact:

Liontrust Asset Management Plc (Tel: [phone], Website: liontrust.co.uk)

John Ions: Chief Executive

Vinay Abrol: Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer

Simon Hildrey: Chief Marketing Officer

David Boyle: Head of Corporate Development

Singer Capital Markets (Tel: [phone])

Corporate Broking: Tom Salvesen

Corporate Finance: Justin McKeegan

Panmure Gordon (Tel: [phone])

Corporate Broking: Charles Leigh-Pemberton

Corporate Advisory: Antoine Dupont-Madinier

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