M.P. EVANS GROUP PLC

("the Company")

DIRECTORS' SHARE INTERESTS

MR O D WILKINSON

Mr O D Wilkinson, a director of the Company, has today exercised his option over 4,258 shares of 10p each granted at 101.78p per share and a further 3,742 shares of 10p each granted at 138.04p per share. These 8,000 shares (representing 0.015 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company) have been sold at an average of 395.15 pence per share.

Mr Wilkinson's interests in the issued share capital of the Company are now as follows:

Beneficial:  nil

Non-beneficial:  nil

Options:  63,496 shares of 10p each

ISSUED AND VOTING SHARE CAPITAL

In conformity with the Financial Services Authority's ("FSA") Disclosure and Transparency Rules the Company would like to notify the market of the following:

Following the allotment of 8,000 new shares of 10p each referred to above the Company's issued share capital consists of 53,324,168 shares of 10p each with voting rights. The Company holds no shares in Treasury

Therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company is 53,324,168.

The above figure of 53,324,168 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1.

Enquiries:

4 October 2010