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Evolution Group PLC

17 May 2011

The Evolution Group Plc (the "Company")

17 May 2011

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RESULTS,

DIRECTOR RETIREMENT AND BOARD COMMITTEE CHANGES

The Evolution Group Plc ("Evolution" or the "Company"), the listed investment bank and private client investment management group, announces that Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth DL has today retired from the Board following today's Annual General Meeting (AGM). Following the retirement Peter Gibbs has assumed the role of Senior Independent Director, whilst Christopher Chambers takes Peter's role as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Martin Gray, Chairman of the Company commented that, "Lord MacLaurin has provided wise counsel to the Evolution since 2004, bringing his vast experience to bear on the many developments the Group has witnessed in that time. I want to thank Lord MacLaurin for his unwavering support and for the unique insight he has brought to bear."

The Company further announces that at the AGM held today, all proposed resolutions were approved by attending shareholders on a show of hands. For information, the following proxy votes were received prior to the meeting:

Resolution Votes % of Votes Votes

For Votes For Against Withheld

1. Report & Accounts 163,831,442 99.99 11,280 2,717

2. Remuneration Report 154,631,483 95.25 7,707,628 1,506,328

3. Dividend of 1.75p per share 163,834,708 99.99 10,145 586

4. Elect Philip Howell 163,660,286 99.89 182,101 3,052

5. Re-elect Martin Gray 163,627,309 99.87 215,078 3,052

6. Re-elect Alex Snow 163,633,138 99.87 205,007 7,294

7. Re-elect Andrew Westenberger 162,916,711 99.44 925,676 3,052

8. Re-elect Peter Gibbs 163,654,441 99.89 183,696 7,302

9. Re-elect Christopher Chambers 163,661,634 99.89 181,229 2,576

10. Re-elect Roger Perkin 163,655,481 99.89 186,546 3,412

11. Re-appoint auditors 161,896,874 99.45 896,445 1,052,120

12. Auditors remuneration 163,640,552 99.88 203,032 1,855

13. Renew Executive Share Incentive Plan 154,568,593 97.52 3,927,697 5,349,149

14. Authority to allot 163,656,859 99.89 186,488 2,092

15. Dis-apply pre-emption rights 163,808,631 99.98 30,552 6,256

16. Authority to buy back shares 163,812,125 99.98 31,635 1,679

Notes:

1. Any proxy appointments giving discretion are included in the "For" total.

2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution

In accordance with LR 9.6.2 copies of resolutions 14 to 16 passed at the meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do

For more information please contact:

The Evolution Group Plc

Tony Lee, Group Company Secretary Tel: 020 7071 4300

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