Director/PDMR Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
04 November 2005

The Evolution Group Plc
Directors' Shareholdings

For immediate release                                           4 November 2005

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") yesterday purchased 10,403
Ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 134.75 pence per share and that
Evolution has today issued 7,611 Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully
paid at 134.75  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 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 following for the director      director's
           for          such acquisition   ("Total Interest")    Total
           director                                              Interest

Alex              184              5,432               434,534           0.19 %
Snow
Graeme            184              5,432                53,252           0.02 %
Dell


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

Graeme Dell, Finance Director                                   020 7071 4300






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