Director Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
29 June 2005

Evolution Group Plc
Directors' Shareholdings

For immediate release                                              29 June 2005

                              Evolution Group Plc


Sanne Trustee Company UK Ltd as trustee of the Evolution 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 Employee Share
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") today purchased 1,315 Ordinary shares of 1p each at
a price of 129.75 pence per share.  These shares were acquired using funds paid
to the Trustee as dividends for the Partnership and Matching shares held by the
Trustee under this Plan.  The Trustee holds the shares as Nominee for the
participants of the Plan.

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

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

Alex Snow           19             4,522               433,624            0.20

Graeme              19             4,522                52,342            0.02
Dell

Richard             19             4,522             5,839,462            2.63
Griffiths


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


                                      ENDS

For more information please contact:

The Evolution Group Plc (www.evolution-group.com)
Graeme Dell, Finance Director                                 020 7071 4300






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