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:                                                                      Vedanta Resources 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:                                                                      19 th July 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:  

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:   USD 0.1 ordinary
    Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 0 0 0 0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:   2,836,839   1.0066 136,631   0.0485
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0 0 0
       TOTAL: 2,836,839   1.0066 136,631   0.0485

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)
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        1,646 7.7360
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        1,905 7.7540
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        1,504 7.7967
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        2,578 7.8752
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position           801 7.8979
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        1,597 7.7411
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        4,968 7.8570
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        2,245 7.9005
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a short position        1,470 7.8661
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position       28,851 7.8358
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        4,252 7.7716
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        5,222 7.8358
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position           769 7.7716
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position       22,145 7.8358
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        3,264 7.7716
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        4,313 7.8358
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position           635 7.7716
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        6,051 7.8358
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position           892 7.7716
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position       16,021 7.8358
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        2,361 7.7716
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position       12,146 7.8358
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        1,790 7.7716
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        1,274 7.8358
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position        3,977 7.8358
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position           187 7.7716
USD 0.1 ordinary CFD Increasing a long position           586 7.7716

(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: 20 th July 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 .