Major Interests in Shares

Man Group plc
17 August 2007



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

Man Group plc

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket
/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify) : ( )

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC)

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):
13/08/2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:
15/08/2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
From 4% to 5% (L&G)

8. Notified details:
.................

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if             Situation previous to the
possible using the ISIN CODE       Triggering transaction (vi)
                                Number of   Number of voting
                                shares      Rights (viii)

GB00B16BRD58                    94,708,573  94,708,573
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of      Number of       Number of voting rights  % of voting rights
shares if possible shares          (ix)
using the ISIN
CODE
                   Direct          Direct (x)    Indirect   Direct    Indirect
                                                 (xi)

GB00B16BRD58       98,067,778      98,067,778               5.01

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of     Expiration     Exercise/          Number of voting      % of voting
financial   Date (xiii)    Conversion Period/ rights that may be    rights
instrument                 Date (xiv)         acquired if the
                                              instrument is
                                              exercised/ converted.


Total (A+B)
Number of voting       % of voting
rights                 rights

98,067,778             5.01

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)
(108,349,693 - 5.52% = Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH)
(Direct and Indirect) (108,349,693 - 5.52% = Total Position)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)
(108,349,693 - 5.52% = Total Position)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G)
(98,067,778 - 5.01% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)

Legal & General Investment Management      Legal & General Insurance
(Holdings) Limited (Direct)                Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
(LGIMHD) (64,090,609-3.26%=PMC)

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions        Legal & General Assurance
Management) Limited (PMC)                  Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
(64,090,609 - 3.26% = PMC)

                                           Legal & General Pensions
                                           Limited (Direct) (LGPL)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
N/A

13. Additional information:
Notification using the total voting rights figure of 1,956,527,835

14. Contact name:
Barry Wakefield FCIS

15. Contact telephone number:
020 7144 1735



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