Director Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
06 May 2004


6 May 2004

                            The Evolution Group Plc

  Sanne 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 UK Limited (the "Trustee") in
its capacity as the trustee of the Evolution Employee Share Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") has today purchased 6,826 Ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of
143.75 pence per share and that Evolution has issued 6,826 Ordinary shares of 1p
each credited as fully paid at 143.75 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 Director  Number of Ordinary    Total number of        Interest of director in    Percentage of
                  shares (including     Ordinary shares held   Ordinary shares including  issued share
                  matching shares)      by the Trustee for     the shares held by the     capital
                  acquired by the       director following     Trustee for the director   represented by
                  Trustee for director  such acquisition       ("Total Interest")         director's Total
                                                                                          Interest
Alex Snow         174                   2,336                  431,438                    0.17
Graeme Dell       174                   2,336                  50,156                     0.02
Richard Griffiths 174                   2,336                  5,837,336                  2.35



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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