Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1269J

Man Group plc

27 November 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) : Variation in Issued share capital ( )

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):

25/11/2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

26/11/2008

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

11%

8. Notified details:

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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	187,035,258	187,035,258

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	11,768,148	11,768,148	174,269,965	0.70	10.30

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
186,038,113	10.99%

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

Alliance Capital Management	1,621,544	0.09581	Direct
AXA	3,463,638	0.20466	Direct
AXA Colonia Konzem	8,260	0.00049	Direct
AXA Financial, Inc	171,949,517	10.16007	Indirect
AXA France	1,134,191	0.067016521	Indirect
AXA IM UK	6,019,739	0.36	Direct
AXA IM UK	976,671	0.057709056	Indirect
AXA Rosenberg	209,586	0.012383915	Indirect
AXA Winterthur	654,967	0.038700368	Direct

Total Direct	11,768,148	0.69535
Total Indirect	174,269,965	10.29718
TOTAL	186,038,113	10.99253