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:
 17th January 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: 25,053,233 1.2906 11,154,888 0.5746
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0 0 0

TOTAL:

25,053,233 1.2906 11,154,888 0.5746

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 221 2.3202
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 25,356 2.3259
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 47,726 2.3259
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 4,198 2.3266
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 3,019 2.3266
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 54,276 2.3259
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 90,009 2.3331
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 21,112 2.3266
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 8,625 2.2947
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,468 2.3229
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 13,811 2.3060
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,830 2.2947
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,735 2.3060
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 822 2.3229
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 23,700 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 49,400 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 49,717 2.3322
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 154,959 2.3290
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 64,094 2.3252
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 110,678 2.2947
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 511 2.3530
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 18,846 2.3229
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 177,247 2.3060
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 255,932 2.3060
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 27,213 2.3229
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 159,807 2.2947
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 739 2.3530
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 92,543 2.3252
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 223,708 2.3290
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 71,786 2.3322
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 8,810 2.3322
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 27,413 2.3290
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 11,357 2.3252
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 90 2.3530
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 19,612 2.2947
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,339 2.3229
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 31,407 2.3060
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 36,031 2.3252
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 27,968 2.3322
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 44,038 2.3060
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 27,500 2.2947
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 127 2.3530
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,682 2.3229
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 15,922 2.3252
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 12,351 2.3322
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 38,502 2.3290
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 27,400 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 90,100 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 10,727 2.3290
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 188 2.3229
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 12,170 2.3060
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,110 2.2947
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,777 2.3060
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 4,433 2.3252
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 3,431 2.3322
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 7,600 2.2947
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 35 2.3530
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 1,294 2.3229
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 27,049 2.3290
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 78,300 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 39,600 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 48,100 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 17,200 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 8,400 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 11,100 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 72,300 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 109,000 2.3294
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 30,238 2.2947
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 5,150 2.3229
48/7p ordinary CFD Increasing a long position 48,426 2.3060
48/7p ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 137,500 2.3294

(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

Date of disclosure:

18th January 2018

Contact name:

Matthew Irwin

Telephone number:

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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