9 February 2012

M.P. Evans Group PLC

("M.P. Evans" or the "Company")

Transfer of shares into SIPP

The Company announces that it has been notified that Mr P E Hadsley-Chaplin, the Chairman of the Company, has today transferred 5,000 shares at a price of 449.5p per share into his Self-Invested Personal Pension ("SIPP").

As a result of this transfer of shares into a SIPP, Mr P E Hadsley-Chaplin's holdings in the shares of the Company are now as follows:-

Enquiries:

M.P. Evans Group PLC                      Telephone: 01892 516333

 Peter Hadsley-Chaplin

 Philip Fletcher

 Tristan Price

Peel Hunt LLP                                     Telephone: 020 7418 8900

Dan Webster

Matthew Armitt

Hudson Sandler                                Telephone:  020 7796 4133

Charlie Jack

Katie Matthews