Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3474K

Man Group plc

17 December 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):

16/12/2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

17/12/2008

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	183,641,319	183,641,319

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	11,865,143	11,865,143	140,894,865	0.70	8.33

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
152,760,008	9.03%

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	138,527,312	8.18516	Indirect
AXA France	1,146,598	0.067748981	Indirect
AXA IM UK	6,111,864	0.36	Direct
AXA IM UK	1,026,671	0.06066286	Indirect
AXA Rosenberg	194,284	0.011479649	Indirect
AXA Winterthur	659,837	0.038987757	Direct
Total Direct	11,865,143	0.70108
Total Indirect	140,894,865	8.32505
TOTAL	152,760,008	9.02612

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:

14. Contact name:

Rachel Rowson 

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7144 1732

 

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