Director/PDMR Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
07 May 2008


The Evolution Group Plc
7 May 2008


                            The Evolution Group Plc
                            Directors' Shareholdings


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 6 May 2008 purchased 20,412
Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of
103.50 pence per share and that Evolution on 6 May 2008 issued 15,576 Ordinary 
shares of 1p each credited as fully paid at 103.50 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 for the Plan included the following shares in
respect of certain of its directors:

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

Alex Snow                  240          13,984       3,027,154           1.353 %
Andrew Umbers              240           4,138         104,138           0.047 %



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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