Holding(s) in Company

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 ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% 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 financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

Not applicable.

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers 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 thefinancial 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