27th Mar 2006 18:25
Evolution Group PLC27 March 2006 27 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 24 March 2006 25,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Shares")were either transferred to or sold on behalf of employees 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 Company also has received notification from the Trustee that on 24 March 2006 the Trustee completed a purchase of 250,000 Shares at an average price of £1.6956 per share. The Executive Directors are deemed for Companies Act purposes to be interested in all Shares held by the Trust. The Trust now holds a total of 7,687,404 Shares representing 3.35% 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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