Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7956D

Man Group plc

18 September 2008

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):

AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

N/A

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

15/09/2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18/09/2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

10%

8. Notified details:

……………..

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights (viii)
GB00B16BRD58	164,854,957	164,854,957

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights (ix)		% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct (x)	Indirect (xi)	Direct	Indirect
GB00B16BRD58	10,071,281	10,071,281	166,770,467	0.59	9.80

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

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

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
176,841,748	10.39%

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

Name of the Company/Fund	Number of Shares	% of issued share capital

AXA Sun Life plc (fmly Axa Equity & Law Life Assurance Society plc)	807,000	0.04742	Direct
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC Ethical Fund	175,000	0.01028	Indirect
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC UK Equity Income Fund	437,500	0.02571	Indirect
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC UK Growth Fund	132,000	0.00776	Indirect
PPP Healthcare Group plc	88,300	0.00519	Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd	67,000	0.00394	Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd	175,000	0.01028	Direct
Sun Life Assurance Society Plc	429,000	0.02521	Direct
AXA Insurance UK	169,203	0.00994	Direct
AXA UK Group Pension Scheme	100,000	0.00588	Indirect
AXA General Unit Trust	320,000	0.01880	Indirect
AXA Financial, Inc	14,660,324	0.86147	Indirect
AXA Colonia Konzern	8,260	0.00049	Direct
Sun Life International (IOM) Ltd	525,000	0.03085	Direct
AXA France	1,136,141	0.06676	Indirect
AXA Rosenberg	4,500	0.00026	Indirect
AXA Financial Inc	149,761,252	8.80030	Indirect
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd	16,752	0.00098	Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd	46,053	0.00271	Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd LTAV UK Equity	325,000	0.01910	Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd ABL High Alpha	281,191	0.01652	Direct
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd FTSE All Share Tracker	256,541	0.01507	Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management LTAV UK Equity	1,312,499	0.07713	Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management ABL High Alpha	1,542,531	0.09064	Direct
Sun Life Pensions Management FTSE All Share Tracker	1,443,144	0.08480	Direct
AXA Winterthur	782,070	0.04596	Direct
AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive	1,176,778	0.06915	Direct
AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive	619,959	0.03643	Direct
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC UK Distribution OEIC	43,750	0.00257	Indirect

Total Direct	10,071,281	0.59181
Total Indirect	166,770,467	9.79980
TOTAL	176,841,748	10.39161