Holding(s) in Company

M.P. Evans Group PLC ("the Company")

Holding in Company

The Company was notified by Aberdeen Asset Management PLC on 17 January 2007
that, following a disposal of 28,530 shares of 10 pence on 5 December 2006,
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC no longer has a
notifiable interest in the issued share capital of the Company.



By order of the board
J F Elliott
Company secretary

18 January 2007