Director/PDMR Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
06 July 2006

6 July 2006

                            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 5 July 2006 purchased
10,194 Ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 147.00 pence per share and that
Evolution has today issued 6,876 Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully
paid at 147.00 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 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 
Director Ordinary      Ordinary shares     in Ordinary shares     of issued
         shares        held by the         including the shares   share capital
         acquired by   Trustee for         held by the Trustee    represented 
         the Trustee   director following  for the director       by director's
         for director  such acquisition    ("Total Interest")     Total Interest

Alex Snow     168             6,731              3,019,901            1.31 %
Graeme Dell   168             6,731                 54,551            0.02 %

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


For more information please contact:
The Evolution Group Plc
Yew Meng Fong, Company Secretary    020 7071 4300



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