Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5088U

Man Group plc

15 October 2010

 



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: (   )

An acquisition or disposal of 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 (iii):

BlackRock, Inc.

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

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

14 October 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15 October 2010

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

Holding has gone below 12%

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)
GB00B28KQ186	192,606,100*	192,606,100

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
GB00B28KQ186	n/a	n/a	211,829,078	n/a	11.29%
*Situation previous is based on voting rights of 1,713,002,407 and the resulting situation is based on voting rights of 1,875,734,853

B: Qualifying 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 instrument refers to	% of voting rights Nominal
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta
CFD	n/a	n/a	n/a	12,895,034	0.69%	0.69%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
224,724,112	11.98%

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

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 224,724,112 (11.98%)

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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