Director Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
07 January 2005

Evolution Group plc
Director Share Holding


For immediate release                                             7 January 2005
                              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 7,443 Ordinary shares of 1p each
at a price of 152.5 pence per share and that Evolution has today issued
7,443Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully paid at 152.5 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 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 by
            acquired by the  director         shares held by the  director's
            Trustee for      following such   Trustee for the     Total
            director         acquisition      director ("Total    Interest
                                              Interest")

Alex Snow   164              3,683            432,785             0.17
Graeme      164              3,683            51,503              0.02
Dell 
Richard     164              3,683            5,838,683           2.35
Griffiths



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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