21st Feb 2006 17:46
Evolution Group PLC21 February 2006 Directors' Interest and Transactions in Own Shares 21 February 2006For immediate release The Evolution Group Plc The Evolution Group Plc (the "Company") has received notification from Evolution EBT Limited as Trustee of The Evolution Group Plc Employees' ShareTrust ("the Trust") (a discretionary trust of which all employees of The Evolution Group Plc and its subsidiaries are beneficiaries), that on (i) 20 January 2006 1,448 Ordinary 1p Shares ("Shares"); and (ii) on 20 February 2006 15,000 Shares, were either transferred to or sold on behalf of employees who had exercised options over Shares held in the Trust. None of the Shares referred to above was transferred to or sold on behalf of any of the executive directors (the "Directors") of the Company. However, each of the Directors is a member of the class of discretionary beneficiaries of the Trust and is consequently taken to have an interest in all the Shares held in the Trust. As a consequence of the vesting of the aforementioned Shares to employees other than the Directors, the Directors have ceased to beinterested in those Shares. The Executive Directors are deemed for Companies Act purposes to be interestedin all Shares held by the Trust. The Trust now holds a total of 7,977,404 Shares representing approximately3.476% of the Company's issued share capital. For more information please contact:The Evolution Group PlcGraeme Dell, Finance Director 020 7071 4300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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