Holding(s) in Company

Evolutec Group PLC
12 December 2005


Evolutec Group plc (the 'Company')

Holding in Company

The Company was notified on 9 December 2005 that, following a sale of 16,034
ordinary shares of 10 pence each ('Ordinary Shares'), Gartmore Investment
Management plc has an interest in 2,826,237 Ordinary Shares, representing 11.98
per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

The shares are registered as follows:

Fund Managing Company         Beneficial Owner      Registered as                          Interest

Gartmore Fund Managers        Gartmore Fund         HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK       1,004,089
Limited                       Managers Ltd A/C      Ltd
                              Gartmore UK & Irish
                              Smaller Companies
Gartmore Investment Limited   Gartmore Smaller      BNY GIL CLT A/C Noms Ltd A/C LST       226,269
                              Companies Trust PLC
Gartmore Investment Limited   The Gartmore Limited  Goldman Sachs Nominees Ltd              60,000
                              Issue UK Small Cap
                              Fund Ltd
Gartmore Investment Limited   Strathclyde Pension   Nortrust Nominees Limited              473,743
                              Fund
Gartmore Investment Limited   The Alphagen Volantis Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/C 1945          378,952
                              Fund Limited
Gartmore Investment Limited   Swiss Federal Social  HSBC Global Investor Services          450,627
                              Security Fund
Gartmore Investment Limited   Gartmore Sicav Pan    Bank of Bermuda Luxembourg             125,544
                              Euro Smaller
                              Companies Fund
Gartmore Investment Limited   Gartmore Growth       BNY GIL CLT A/C Noms Ltd A/C NWSC      107,013
                              Opportunities PLC
Total                                                                                    2,826,237



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