Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 -

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Man Group Plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):	N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:	Melrose Industries plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:	N/A
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:	15th March 2018
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?	YES / NO / N/A If YES, specify which: GKN plc

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	48/7p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	0	0	0	0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	27,373,733	1.4101	18,286,900	0.9420
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	27,373,733	1.4101	18,286,900	0.9420

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors` and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit (GBP)
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	12,552	2.2230
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	22,299	2.2230
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,384	2.2254
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,944	2.2254
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	26,218	2.2230
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,951	2.2217
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	10,862	2.2254
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	326,242	2.2420
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	28,815	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	14,973	2.2515
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	309,566	2.2312
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	137,211	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	119,868	2.2435
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	45,250	2.2316
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	100,629	2.2420
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	8,889	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,688	2.2515
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	96,933	2.2312
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	42,217	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	37,401	2.2435
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	14,127	2.2316
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	9,200	2.2221
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	185,302	2.2420
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	16,366	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	8,483	2.2515
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	175,363	2.2312
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	76,879	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	375,699	2.2334
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	210,258	2.2420
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	18,569	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9,630	2.2515
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	199,031	2.2312
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	87,253	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	426,580	2.2334
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	63,953	2.2334
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,444	2.2515
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	29,861	2.2312
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13,083	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	31,538	2.2420
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,786	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	87,379	2.2334
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,971	2.2515
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	40,763	2.2312
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	17,869	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	43,071	2.2420
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,805	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	4,000	2.2221
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	32,900	2.2221
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	357,840	2.1963
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	178,920	2.2347
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	91,176	2.2420
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	8,054	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,122	2.2515
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	85,226	2.2312
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	35,429	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	180,720	2.2334
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	22,794	2.2334
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	83,440	2.1963
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	41,720	2.2347
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11,676	2.2420
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,032	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	41,427	2.2420
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,659	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	523	2.2515
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	10,818	2.2312
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,938	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,854	2.2515
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	38,351	2.2312
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	15,492	2.2435
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,583	2.2316
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	18,239	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	158,681	2.2420
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	14,015	2.2430
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	6,000	2.2221
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,500	2.2221
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	23,800	2.2221
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	4,000	2.2221
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	267,543	2.2435
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	201,196	2.2316

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

(c) Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES/NO

	16th March 2018
	Matthew Irwin
	02071447255

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel`s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code`s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel`s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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