Director/PDMR Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
08 January 2008


The Evolution Group Plc
8 January 2008

                            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 4 January 2008 purchased
18,337 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price
of 121.25 pence per share and that Evolution has today issued 13,940 Ordinary
shares of 1p each credited as fully paid at 121.25 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 for the Plan included the following shares in
respect of certain of its directors:

Name of Director       Number of Total number of     Interest of   Percentage of
                 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                  206          10,363       3,023,533           1.354 %
Andrew Umbers              206           2,345         102,345           0.046 %


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



For more information please contact:
The Evolution Group Plc
Tony Lee, Group Company Secretary                            Tel: [phone]



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