Man Group plc Transaction in Own Shares (3854R)

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RNS Number : 3854R

Man Group plc

08 December 2016

Transaction in own shares

Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 8 December 2016 it purchased for cancellation 803,391 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 114.3630 pence per ordinary share pursuant to its $100 million share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 14 October 2016. The highest price paid per share was 115.1 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 113.5 pence. Details of the relevant repurchase transactions are set out below:

Description of shares: Man Group plc - ordinary shares 3 3/7 cents

Number of shares repurchased: 803,391

Date of transaction: 8 December 2016

Time of transaction: 08:10 - 16:35

Price: 114.3630p

Broker: Merrill Lynch International

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 18,672,540 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 120.0774 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,684,706,757.

The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

All transactions under this programme will be published on the Company's website (www.man.com) on a weekly basis.

Enquiries:

Andrea Waters

Head of Investor Relations

[phone]

[e-mail]

This information is provided by RNS

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