Director/PDMR Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
04 August 2006


Evolution Group Plc


Sanne Trustee Company UK Ltd as trustee of the Evolution 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 Employee Share
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") yesterday purchased 11,761 Ordinary shares of 1p
each at a price of 126 pence per share and that Evolution has today issued
11,180 Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully paid at 126 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        Percentage of
Director     Ordinary shares  Ordinary shares  director in        issued share
             (including       held by the      Ordinary shares    capital
             matching shares) Trustee for      including the      represented
             acquired by the  director         shares held by the by director's
             Trustee for      following such   Trustee for the    Total
             director         acquisition      director ("Total   Interest
                                               Interest")

Alex Snow    198              6,929            3,020,099          1.31
Graeme Dell  198              6,929            54,749             0.02


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 (www.evolution-group.com)

Graeme Dell, Finance Director 020 7071 4300




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