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:	12th 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:	29,567,976	1.5232	18,540,359	0.9551
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	29,567,976	1.5232	18,540,359	0.9551

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	18,600	2.1576
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	10,044	2.1645
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	6,027	2.1645
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	12,097	2.1516
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	8,816	2.1570
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13,811	2.1507
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	7,113	2.1459
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	66,480	2.1489
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	58,168	2.1570
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	41,549	2.1403
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	13,117	2.1489
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11,478	2.1570
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8,198	2.1403
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	8,300	2.1576
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	84,407	2.1761
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	129,311	2.2154
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	169,328	2.2487
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	84,665	2.2571
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	84,666	2.2500
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	84,665	2.2423
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	14,874	2.1688
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	677	2.1530
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	223,978	2.2143
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	14,344	2.1403
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	20,083	2.1570
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	22,948	2.1489
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	24,873	2.1362
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	28,575	2.1362
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	95,828	2.1761
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	96,138	2.2571
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	96,138	2.2500
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	96,139	2.2423
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	16,887	2.1688
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	146,811	2.2154
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	192,272	2.2487
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	254,293	2.2143
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	768	2.1530
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	22,784	2.1570
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	26,033	2.1489
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	16,275	2.1403
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,417	2.1570
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,907	2.1489
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,441	2.1403
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	114	2.1530
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	38,119	2.2143
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	14,368	2.1761
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	22,010	2.2154
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	14,403	2.2423
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	14,403	2.2500
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	14,403	2.2571
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	28,808	2.2487
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,531	2.1688
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,291	2.1362
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	18,253	2.1362
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	19,628	2.1761
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,458	2.1688
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	30,068	2.2154
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	19,690	2.2423
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	19,690	2.2500
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	19,691	2.2571
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	39,383	2.2487
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5,860	2.1362
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,668	2.1570
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5,337	2.1489
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,334	2.1403
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	156	2.1530
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	52,072	2.2143
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12,870	2.1489
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11,260	2.1570
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8,043	2.1403
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	107,694	2.2143
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	324	2.1530
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	19,701	2.1362
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	40,617	2.2423
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	40,617	2.2571
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	81,236	2.2487
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	66,074	2.2154
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	43,131	2.1761
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7,380	2.1688
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	40,617	2.2500
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,886	2.2423
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,886	2.2500
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7,966	2.2154
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5,200	2.1761
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	919	2.1688
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,886	2.2571
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	9,775	2.2487
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,485	2.1362
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,785	2.1570
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,328	2.1489
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,398	2.1489
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	41	2.1530
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	13,843	2.2143
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,222	2.1570
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,704	2.1403
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	873	2.1403
48/7p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	23,300	2.1576

(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

	13th March 2018
	James Carr
	02071447242

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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