The Evolution Group Plc
12 November 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 Capita Share Plan Services (the "Trustee") in its capacity as the trustee of The Evolution Group Plc Employee Share Incentive Plan Trust (the "Plan") on 5 November 2008 purchased 26,634 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company ("Partnership Shares") at a price of 85.5 pence per share, on 7 November 2008 purchased 14,696 Ordinary Shares at a price of 82.5 pence per share (Dividend Shares), and that Evolution today issued 26,634 Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully paid at 85.5 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 Ordinary shares (including partnership, matching and dividend shares) acquired by the Trustee for director |
Total number of Ordinary shares held by the Trustee for director following such acquisition |
Interest of director in Ordinary shares including the shares held by the Trustee for the director ("Total Interest") |
Percentage of issued share capital represented by director's Total Interest |
Alex Snow |
431 |
15,913 |
3,029,083 |
1.350 % |
Andrew Umbers |
339 |
5,850 |
105,850 |
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: 020 7071 4300