Director/PDMR Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
04 May 2007


The Evolution Group Plc
4 May 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 3 May 2007 purchased 13,690
Ordinary Shares of 1p each at a price of 157 pence per share and that Evolution
has today issued 11,664 Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully paid at 
157 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 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 and     Trustee for   including the  represented by
                        dividend        director  shares held by      director's
                         shares)  following such the Trustee for  Total Interest
                 acquired by the     acquisition    the director
                     Trustee for                         ("Total
                        director                      Interest")

Alex Snow                  158           8,632       3,021,802           1.364 %
Graeme Dell                158           8,632         351,451           0.159 %
Andrew Umbers              156             674         100,674           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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