AGM Statement

Evolution Group PLC
31 May 2007


31 May 2007
                            The Evolution Group Plc
                                 ("the Group")

                               AGM Trading Update

At today's Annual General Meeting of The Evolution Group Plc, the listed
investment bank and private client fund management group, the Chairman, Martin
Gray, gave the following trading update to shareholders:

"I am pleased to report that since the publication of our preliminary results on
2 April 2007 the encouraging trend shown during the first three months of 2007
has continued and the Group is trading in line with expectations.

Evolution Securities has continued to grow its secondary franchise through
significant gains in market share which have resulted in strong growth in income
from these activities over the levels seen in previous periods. Meanwhile it has
developed its primary business of corporate finance and corporate broking to
plan and has an excellent pipeline of transactions in the short and medium term.

Williams de Broe, the Group's private client fund management business, has
maintained the strong momentum in winning new funds under management over the
course of this year. With this momentum and significant recruitment completed
across the branches we remain on track to reach our current target of £3 billion
of funds under management.

The Board looks forward to continuing progress during the remainder of 2007."

                                     -Ends-

The Evolution Group Plc                      020 7071 4300
Alex Snow, Chief Executive
Graeme Dell, Finance Director

Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial         020 7861 3232
Charles Cooke
Angus Prentice

Notes to Editors:

The Evolution Group Plc
The Evolution Group is the holding company of Evolution Securities Limited,
Williams de Broe Limited and Evolution Securities China Limited. Founded in
April 2001 and originally listed on the AIM, the Evolution Group joined the
Official List in 2003 and now has a market capitalisation of over £312 million.

Evolution Securities Limited is a leading investment bank focused on mid-cap UK
public companies. It provides a full range of investment banking services
including equity research, institutional sales and trading, market making and
corporate finance advice. Evolution Securities Limited has approximately 90
retained corporate clients. Evolution Securities Limited is authorised and
regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

Williams de Broe Limited is a leading private client fund manager, with offices
in Bath, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Exeter, Guildford and London. Williams de Broe
Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

Evolution Securities China Limited is a specialist Chinese investment banking
business with offices in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai. It offers UK based
institutional clients research and trading in listed Chinese stocks and Chinese
corporates access to the markets in London and Hong Kong. Evolution Securities
China Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.



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