Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - [Melrose Industries ...

Amendment to cash-settled derivatives positions and transactions, sections 2(a) and 3(b).

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Man Group Plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):	N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:	Melrose Industries plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:	17th January 2018
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?	YES / NO / N/A If YES, specify which: GKN plc

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	48/7p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	0	0	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	25,053,233	1.2906	11,386487	0.5866
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	25,053,233	1.2906	11,386487	0.5866

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit (GBP)
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	221	2.3202
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	25,356	2.3259
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	47,726	2.3259
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	4,198	2.3266
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	3,019	2.3266
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	54,276	2.3259
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	90,009	2.3331
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	21,112	2.3266
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8,625	2.2947
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,468	2.3229
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	13,811	2.3060
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,830	2.2947
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7,735	2.3060
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	822	2.3229
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	23,700	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	49,400	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	49,717	2.3322
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	154,959	2.3290
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	64,094	2.3252
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	110,678	2.2947
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	511	2.3530
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	18,846	2.3229
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	177,247	2.3060
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	255,932	2.3060
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	27,213	2.3229
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	159,807	2.2947
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	739	2.3530
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	92,543	2.3252
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	223,708	2.3290
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	71,786	2.3322
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8,810	2.3322
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	27,413	2.3290
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11,357	2.3252
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	90	2.3530
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	19,612	2.2947
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,339	2.3229
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	31,407	2.3060
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	36,031	2.3252
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	27,968	2.3322
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	44,038	2.3060
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	27,500	2.2947
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	127	2.3530
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,682	2.3229
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	15,922	2.3252
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12,351	2.3322
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	38,502	2.3290
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	27,400	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	90,100	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	10,727	2.3290
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	188	2.3229
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12,170	2.3060
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,110	2.2947
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,777	2.3060
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,433	2.3252
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,431	2.3322
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7,600	2.2947
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	35	2.3530
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,294	2.3229
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	27,049	2.3290
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	78,300	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	39,600	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	48,100	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	17,200	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	8,400	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	11,100	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	72,300	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	109,000	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	30,238	2.2947
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5,150	2.3229
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	48,426	2.3060
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	137,500	2.3294
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	78,813	2.3501
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	113,791	2.3501
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	13,965	2.3501
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	19,581	2.3501
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	5,449	2.3501

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES/NO

Date of disclosure:	22nd January 2018
Contact name:	Matthew Irwin
Telephone number:	02071447255

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [e-mail].  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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