16th Jan 2008 10:43
Evolution Group PLC16 January 2008 The Evolution Group PlcDirectors' Interests 16 January 2008 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) that on 15 January 2008 1,150,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("the Sale Shares") were sold or transferred on behalf of persons who had exercised call rights, options and rights over ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Shares") held in the Trust. None of the Shares referred to above were directly transferred or sold to or onbehalf 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 allthe Shares held in the Trust. As a consequence of the vesting of the aforementioned Sale Shares to persons other than the Directors, the Directors have ceased to be interested in those Shares. As at 16 January 2008, the Trust held a total of 12,225,058 Shares, representing approximately 5.48% of the Company's issued share capital. For more information please contact:The Evolution Group PlcTony Lee, Group Company Secretary Tel: 0207 071 4300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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