Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0073R

Man Group plc

05 December 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Man Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		X
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc

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

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

1 December 2016,

being the date of announcement of Man Group plc's revised total voting rights as a result of its share repurchase programme (originally announced on 14 October 2016 and the first transaction of which occurred on 20 October 2016)

6. Date on which issuer notified:

5 December 2016

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

Crossed above 3%

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		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares 3 3/7 US cents (GB00B83VD954)	51,000,000	51,000,000	N/A	N/A	51,000,000	N/A	3.02%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
Not applicable.

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
Not applicable.					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

51,000,000

3.02%

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

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Limited, which is controlled by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc, is the registered holder of 51,000,000 ordinary shares and therefore has 51,000,000 direct voting rights which is equivalent to 3.02% of the total voting rights.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Not applicable.

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

Not applicable.

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

Not applicable.

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Rachel Rowson

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7144 1732