Director Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
04 November 2004


Evolution Group Plc
Director Share Holdings


For immediate release                                          4 November 2004


                              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") has yesterday purchased 6,987 Ordinary shares of 1p
each at a price of 153 pence per share and that Evolution has today issued 6,371
Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully paid at 153 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         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
            dividend shares)  director         shares held by the  by director's
            acquired by the   following such   Trustee for the     Total
            Trustee for       acquisition      director ("Total    Interest
            director                           Interest")

Alex Snow   162               3,344            432,446             0.17
Graeme      162               3,344            51,164              0.02
Dell
Richard     162               3,344            5,838,344           2.35
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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