Transaction in Own Shares

Evolution Group PLC
03 January 2006


Transaction in Own Shares

3 January 2006
For immediate release

The Evolution Group plc

The Evolution Group Plc ("the Company") announces that on 30 December 2005, 
Evolution EBT Limited, as Trustee of The Evolution Group Plc Employees' Share
Trust ("the Trust") (a discretionary trust of which all employees of The 
Evolution Group Plc and its subsidiaries are potential beneficiaries), 
completed a purchase of 82,000 Ordinary 1p Shares ("Shares") in the Company
at an average price of £1.37481 per share.

The Executive Directors are deemed for Companies Act purposes to be interested
in all Shares held by the Trust.

The Trust now holds a total of 8,074,621 Shares representing 3.581% of the 
Company's issued share capital.

For more information please contact:

The Evolution Group Plc
Graeme Dell, Finance Director                                   020 7071 4300


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