Director/PDMR Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
04 August 2005

Evolution Group Plc
Directors' Shareholdings

For immediate release                                              4 August 2005

                              Evolution Group Plc

Sanne Trustee Company UK Ltd as trustee of the Evolution 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 Employee Share
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") yesterday purchased 9,742 Ordinary shares of 1p each
at a price of 131.75 pence per share and that Evolution has today issued 9,742
Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully paid at 131.75 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          for the director      director's
            for          following such    ("Total Interest")    Total
            director     acquisition                             Interest

Alex Snow      188             4,904               434,006            0.20
Graeme         188             4,904                52,724            0.02
Dell
Richard        188             4,904             5,839,844            2.63
Griffiths

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

                                      ENDS

For more information please contact:

The Evolution Group Plc (www.evolution-group.com)
Graeme Dell, Finance Director                                      020 7071 4300






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