Director Shareholding

Evolution Group PLC
03 June 2005



For immediate release                                                3 June 2005

                              Evolution Group Plc

                             Director Shareholdings

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") today purchased 9,807 Ordinary shares of 1p each at
a price of 127 pence per share and that Evolution has today issued 9,611
Ordinary shares of 1p each credited as fully paid at 127 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 shares  Ordinary shares  in Ordinary shares   issued share
           (including       held by the      including the shares capital
           matching shares) Trustee for      held by the Trustee  represented by
           acquired by the  director         for the director     director's
           Trustee for      following such   ("Total Interest")   Total
           director         acquisition                           Interest

Alex                  198            4,503              433,605           0.19
Snow

Graeme                198            4,503               52,323           0.02
Dell

Richard
Griffiths             198            4,503            5,839,443           2.55


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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