Transaction in Own Shares

Evolution Group PLC
02 July 2004

2 July 2004                                                                                      
                            The Evolution Group Plc
                                        
                            Transaction in own shares
                                        
The Evolution Group Plc ("the Company") announces that on 2 July 2004 Evolution
EBT Limited as Trustee of The Evolution Group Plc Employees' Share Trust ("the
Trust")(a discretionary trust of which all employees of The Evolution Group Plc
and its subsidiaries are potential beneficiaries) purchased 1,044,874 Ordinary
1p Shares (Shares) in the Company at prices between £1.425 and £1.43 per share.
As part of these purchases the Trust acquired 326,921 shares at a price of
£1.425 from The Evolution Group Plc Executive Share Incentive Trust (the legacy
Trust established by Beeson Gregory Group Limited) which is in the process of
being wound up.

The Executive Directors are deemed for Companies Act purposes to be interested
in all Shares held by the Trust.

Following this transaction, the Trust holds a total of 1,044,874 Shares
representing 0.42% of the Company's issued share capital.

                                    
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