Director/PDMR Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
06 November 2006


The Evolution Group Plc
6 November 2006

                            The Evolution Group Plc
                            Directors' Shareholdings

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") on 3 November 2006 purchased
15,465 Ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 118.97 pence per share and that
Evolution has today issued 13,643 Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully
paid at 118.97 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 total purchase and issue included the following shares in respect of certain
of its directors:

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

Alex Snow                    210           7,523       3,020,693          1.34 %
Graeme Dell                  210           7,523         350,342          0.15 %

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

For more information please contact:
The Evolution Group Plc
Graeme Dell, Finance Director                                 Tel: [phone]



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