29th Mar 2006 16:34
Evolution Group PLC29 March 2006 29 March 2006 The Evolution Group Plc Directors' Interest and Transactions in Own Shares The Evolution Group Plc (the "Company") has received notification fromEvolution EBT Limited as Trustee of The Evolution Group Plc Employees'Share Trust (the "Trust") (a discretionary trust of which all employeesof The Evolution Group Plc and its subsidiaries are beneficiaries), thaton 28 March 2006 100,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Shares")were either transferred to or sold on behalf of an employee who had exercisedcall rights 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 beneficiariesof the Trust and is consequently taken to have an interest in all the Sharesheld in the Trust. As a consequence of the vesting of the aforementioned Shares to employees other than the Directors, the Directors have ceased to be interested 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 7,487,404 Shares representing approximately3.261% of the Company's issued share capital. For more information please contact:The Evolution Group PlcYew Meng Fong, Company Secretary 020 7071 4300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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