Directors Interest

Evolution Group PLC
31 January 2003

                            The Evolution Group plc

The Evolution Group plc ("the Company") announces today that Mr Graeme Dell,
Finance Director of the Company, was today granted an option to acquire 500,000
ordinary shares in the capital of the Company under the Company's 2001 Executive
Share Option Scheme at an exercise price of 41.4p per share and that an award
over 500,000 ordinary shares has also today been made to Mr Dell under the
Company's 2002 Executive Share Incentive Plan. These awards are subject to
certain vesting criteria. Mr Dell has agreed to the cancellation of 271,002
options granted to him previously under the Company's 2001 Executive Share
Option Scheme.


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