Man Group PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Oct 8, 2015

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RNS Number : 6767B

Man Group plc

08 October 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	Man Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):	Delta variation on listed warrants and OTC hedge	X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Société Générale SA (SG SA)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	6 October 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	7 October 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 8%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of  voting rights
Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B83VD954	6,239,838	6,239,838	4,276,960	4,276,960	1,751,056	0.25%	0.10%
Ordinary shares

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
Listed call option	16/10/2015	Until 16/10/2015	5,000,000	0.29%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price			Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period			Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
									Nominal	Delta
OTC call option		1	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	9,921,089		0.59%	0.58%
OTC call option		1	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	9,936,918		0.59%	0.58%
OTC call option		1.25	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	9,289,547		0.59%	0.55%
OTC call option		1.25	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	9,407,642		0.59%	0.55%
OTC call option		1.5	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	6,960,367		0.59%	0.41%
OTC call option		1.5	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	7,308,332		0.59%	0.43%
OTC call option		1.5	6/17/2016			17/06/2016	3,168,305		0.29%	0.19%
OTC call option		1.5	6/17/2016			17/06/2016	3,281,116		0.29%	0.19%
OTC call option		1.5	12/21/2018			21/12/2018	3,097,338		0.29%	0.18%
OTC call option		1.5	12/21/2018			21/12/2018	3,153,236		0.29%	0.19%
OTC call option		1.75	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	1,723,019		0.29%	0.10%
OTC call option		1.75	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	1,904,242		0.29%	0.11%
OTC call option		1.8	6/17/2016			17/06/2016	1,890,385		0.29%	0.11%
OTC call option		1.8	6/17/2016			17/06/2016	2,006,912		0.29%	0.12%
OTC call option		2	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	594,693		0.29%	0.04%
OTC call option		2	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	674,390		0.29%	0.04%
OTC call option		2	12/21/2018			21/12/2018	4,190,447		0.59%	0.25%
OTC call option		2	12/21/2018			21/12/2018	4,313,601		0.59%	0.25%
OTC call option		2.5	12/21/2018			21/12/2018	1,287,979		0.29%	0.08%
OTC call option		2.5	12/21/2018			21/12/2018	1,340,348		0.29%	0.08%
Listed call warrant		1	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	9,716,029		0.58%	0.57%
Listed call warrant		1.25	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	9,407,642		0.59%	0.55%
Listed call warrant		1.5	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	7,289,032		0.59%	0.43%
Listed call warrant		1.5	6/17/2016			17/06/2016	3,276,101		0.29%	0.19%
Listed call warrant		1.5	12/21/2018			21/12/2018	3,151,738		0.29%	0.19%
Listed call warrant		1.75	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	1,904,242		0.29%	0.11%
Listed call warrant		1.8	6/17/2016			17/06/2016	2,006,912		0.29%	0.12%
Listed call warrant		2	12/18/2015			18/12/2015	673,091		0.29%	0.04%
Listed call warrant		2	12/21/2018			21/12/2018	4,309,048		0.59%	0.25%
Listed call warrant		2.5	12/21/2018			21/12/2018	1,340,348		0.29%	0.08%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
139,552,105	8.21%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Société Générale Option Europe (SGOE) Société Générale Acceptance N.V. (SGA) Newedge

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Rachel Rowson
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7144 1732

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