Director/PDMR Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
05 January 2006


                            The Evolution Group Plc
                           Directors' Shareholdings

5 January 2006

Sanne Trustee Company UK Limited as trustee of The Evolution Group Plc Employee
Share Incentive Plan Trust.

The Evolution Group Plc ("Evolution" or the "Company"), the investment bank and
retail fund management group, announces that Sanne Trustee Company UK Limited
(the "Trustee") in its capacity as the trustee of The Evolution Group Plc
Employee Share Incentive Plan Trust (the "Plan") today purchased 10,474 Ordinary
shares of 1p each at a price of 141.00 pence per share and that Evolution has
today issued 10,474 Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully paid at 141.00
pence per share to the Trustee as "matching shares" under the terms of the Plan.
The Trustee holds the shares as Nominee for the participants of the Plan.

The purchase and issue included the following shares in respect of certain of
its directors:

Name of    Number of    Total number of    Interest of director  Percentage of
Director   Ordinary     Ordinary shares    in Ordinary shares    issued share
           shares       held by the        including the shares  capital
           acquired by  Trustee for        held by the Trustee   represented by
           the Trustee  director following for the director      director's
           for          such acquisition   ("Total Interest")    Total
           director                                              Interest

Alex Snow     176             5,799            675,473             0.30 %
Graeme Dell   176             5,799             53,619             0.02 %

The above directors' interests exclude any interests in options over ordinary
shares in the Company.

For more information please contact:

The Evolution Group Plc
Yew Meng Fong, Company Secretary             020 7071 4300



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