Transaction in Own Shares

Evolution Group PLC
15 December 2004


Evolution Group plc
Transaction in own shares

Evolution Group plc                                            15 December 2004

                        Transaction in own shares

The Evolution Group Plc ("the Company") announces that on 15 December 2004 
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) purchased 
756,202 Ordinary 1p Shares (Shares) in the Company at prices between £1.4475 
and £1.52 per share.

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

Following this transaction, the Trust holds a total of 2,558,876 Shares 
representing 1.03% of the Company's issued share capital.






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