Major Interests in Shares

Man Group plc
05 October 2005


SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

Man Group plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

Legal & General Group plc and / or its Subsidiaries

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 Legal & General Group plc and / or its Subsidiaries

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

Registered Holder                            Account Designation       Holding
-------------------                           ------------------     ---------
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  914945       106,021
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  923363       171,375
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  775237        79,459
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  942199       400,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  942229       419,871
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  942217       367,396
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  942205       472,917
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  942175       452,801
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  942187       266,663
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  775245     1,133,066
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  130007        60,512
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  770286        96,000
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  357206     6,956,974
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  866203       527,574
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  904332        61,854
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  916681        15,359
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  922437         1,100
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  969995       712,253
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  754612       739,783
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  361602        28,325
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  282605       925,865
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  360509       465,274
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  766793       184,632
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  824434        39,084
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                  924422       196,160
                                                           Total    14,880,318
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

Unknown

8. Percentage of issued class

Unknown

9. Class of security

Ordinary shares of 18 US cents each

10. Date of transaction

Unknown

11. Date company informed

5 October 2005

12. Total holding following this notification

14,880,318

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

4.92%

14. Any additional information

None

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Mr Barry Wakefield Tel [phone]

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Mr Peter Clarke, Company Secretary

Date of notification

5 October 2005

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