Director/PDMR Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
06 August 2007


The Evolution Group Plc
6 August 2007

                            The Evolution Group Plc
                            Directors' Shareholdings

Sanne Trustee Company UK Limited as trustee of The Evolution Group Plc Employee
Share Incentive Plan Trust.

The Evolution Group Plc ("Evolution" or the "Company"), the investment bank and
retail fund management group, announces that Sanne Trustee Company UK Limited
(the "Trustee") in its capacity as the trustee of The Evolution Group Plc
Employee Share Incentive Plan Trust (the "Plan") on 03 August 2007 purchased
18,194 Ordinary Shares of 1p each at a price of 123.86 pence per share and that
Evolution has today issued 18,194 Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully
paid at 123.86 pence per share to the Trustee as "matching shares" under the
terms of the Plan.

The Trustee holds the shares as Nominee for the participants of the Plan.

The total purchase and issue included the following shares in respect of certain
of its directors:

Name of              Number of Total number of     Interest of   Percentage of
Director       Ordinary shares Ordinary shares     director in    issued share
               acquired by the     held by the Ordinary shares         capital
                   Trustee for     Trustee for   including the  represented by
                      director        director  shares held by      director's
                                following such the Trustee for  Total Interest
                                   acquisition    the director
                                                       ("Total
                                                    Interest")

Alex Snow                  200           9,263       3,022,433         1.354 %
Graeme Dell                200           9,263       1,130,209         0.506 %
Andrew Umbers              200           1,245         101,245         0.045 %

The above directors' interests exclude any interests in options over ordinary
shares in the Company.

For more information please contact:
The Evolution Group Plc
Tony Lee, Group Company Secretary                         Tel: [phone]



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