Ordinary Share Subdivision

Man Group plc
10 August 2006


Man Group plc Listing of sub-divided Ordinary Share Capital

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the admission of
1,907,480,472 Ordinary Shares of 3 US cents each fully paid to the Official List
and to the London Stock Exchange for the shares to be admitted to trading.

These shares result from the sub-division, into six Ordinary Shares of 3 US
cents each, of each Ordinary Share of 18 US cents each currently in issue and
listed on the Official List and admitted to trading on the London Stock
Exchange.

Upon admittance to listing and trading the 1,907,480,472 Ordinary Shares of 3 US
cents each will replace the issued 317,913,412 Ordinary Shares of 18 US cents
each.

The sub-division was approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held
on 11 July 2006.

**DEALINGS IN THE SUB-DIVIDED SHARES ARE EXPECTED TO COMMENCE ON MONDAY 14 
  AUGUST 2006.**

In anticipation of the sub-division becoming effective, the above application
includes an application for a Block Listing of 3,958,614 Ordinary Shares of 3 US
cents each to be admitted to the Official List, representing the unallotted
balance of ordinary shares originally admitted to the Official List under Block
Listings on 16 June 2005 and 20 June 2006, re-calculated to take account of the
proposed sub-division.

The shares to be issued are in respect of the:

Man Group Executive Share Option Scheme 2001 (3,762,792 shares)

Man Group Sharesave Scheme (86,484 shares)

Man Group plc United States Employee Stock Purchase Plan (109,338 shares)

These shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing issued
ordinary share capital of the Company.

Contact:
Barry Wakefield Man Group plc 020 7144 1725



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