Major Interest in Shares

Man Group plc
05 October 2007



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):
01/10//2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:
04/10/2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%

8. Notified details:
.................

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if  Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
possible using the ISIN
CODE
                         Number of shares    Number of voting Rights (viii)
GB00B16BRD58                    91,308,637                          91,308,637
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares  Number of    Number of voting rights   % of voting
if possible using the shares       (ix)                      rights
ISIN CODE
                      Direct       Direct (x)   Indirect     Direct   Indirect
                                                (xi)
GB00B16BRD58          12,565,644   12,565,644   87,047,324     0.64       4.44

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights
                                99,612,968                                5.08

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/   Number of Shares   % of issued share capital
Fund

AXA Sun Life plc                826,407                     0.04215   Direct
(fmly Axa Equity & Law
Life Assurance Society
plc)
AXA UK Investment Co
ICVC                            150,000                     0.00765   Indirect
Distribution Fund
AXA UK Investment Co
ICVC                            250,000                     0.01275   Indirect
Ethical Fund
AXA UK Investment Co
ICVC                             10,000                     0.00051   Indirect
Extra Income Fund
PPP Healthcare Group             80,000                     0.00408   Direct
plc
AXA Institutional
Equity                          150,000                     0.00765   Direct
Focus
AXA Institutional
Equity                          340,293                     0.01736   Direct
fund
Sun Life Assurance
Society                         542,000                     0.02764   Direct
Plc
AXA Insurance UK                325,000                     0.01658   Direct
AXA UK Group Pension            220,000                     0.01122   Indirect
Scheme
AXA Financial, Inc              200,300                     0.01022   Indirect
Sun Life International
(IOM)                           600,000                     0.03060   Direct
Ltd
AXA France                      970,117                     0.04948   Indirect
AXA Australia                    44,257                     0.00226   Indirect
AXA Financial, Inc*          84,815,750                     4.32600   Indirect
Sun Life Pensions
Management                       10,300                     0.00053   Direct
Ltd
Sun Life Pensions
Management                       52,633                     0.00268   Direct
Ltd
AXA Sun Life                    389,049                     0.01984   Direct
LTAV UK Equity Life
AXA Sun Life                    336,524                     0.01716   Direct
ABL High Alpha Life
AXA Sun Life                    328,189                     0.01674   Direct
FTSE All Share Tracker
Life
AXA Sun Life                  1,500,000                     0.07651   Direct
LTAV UK Equity
Pension
AXA Sun Life                  1,710,071                     0.08722   Direct
ABL High Alpha
Pension
AXA Sun Life                  1,662,459                     0.08479   Direct
FTSE All Share Tracker
Pension
AXA Framlington                 385,000                     0.01964   Indirect
UK Growth
Framlington onshore
private                           1,900                     0.00010   Indirect
clients
AXA Winterthur                1,234,867                     0.06298   Direct
ASL With Profit
Transition                    1,464,370                     0.07469   Direct
Fund
SLAS With Profit              1,013,482                     0.05169   Direct
Transition

Total Direct                 12,565,644                     0.64091
Total Indirect               87,047,324                     4.43982
               TOTAL         99,612,968                     5.08073

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:
Barry Wakefield FCIS

15. Contact telephone number:
020 7144 1735



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