Director/PDMR Shareholding

M.P. EVANS GROUP PLC
("the Company" or the "Group")


Directors' share interests
Mr J D Shaw


Mr  J  D  Shaw, a director of the Company, has today advised that he obtained  a
loan  from  HSBC Bank Plc in May 2004 to acquire 100,000 shares (0.60%)  in  The
North  Australian  Pastoral  Company Pty Limited  ("NAPCo")  which  subsequently
became  an  associated company of the Group. The Group currently owns 34.37%  of
NAPCo.  As  security  against the abovementioned loan, Mr Shaw  pledged  263,440
shares in the Company.

Mr  Shaw  ultimately owned 302,607 shares (1.80%) in NAPCo. On 5 November  2008,
the  Company announced that it had acquired his 302,607 NAPCo shares in exchange
for  an  issue  to  him  of 389,577 shares in the Company,  bringing  his  total
shareholding to 655,747 shares (1.26%).

Mr  Shaw  has  further advised that the secured loan referred to  above  remains
outstanding  and  that  the 263,440 shares in the Company  remain  in  place  as
security.


15 January 2009