Holding in Company

Man Group PLC
2 October 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
We have been informed that Lazard Freres & Co LLC (doing business as Lazard
Asset Management) and its subsidiaries have acquired a notifiable interest
under Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 in the issued share capital of Man
Group plc.

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Lazard Freres & Co LLC

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
A material interest of Lazard Freres & Co LLC and its subsidiaries.

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Lazard Freres & Co LLC                       7,599,031
Lazard Asset Management Ltd                     79,530

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
N/A

6   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
N/A

8   Percentage of issued class:
N/A

9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares of 10p each

10  Date of transaction:
unknown

11  Date company informed:
2nd October 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
7,678,561

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.011%

14  Contact name for queries:
Mr Peter Clarke

15 Contact telephone number:
020 7285 3181

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Mr Peter Clarke

17  Date of notification:
2nd October 2000





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