Man Group plc Transaction in Own Shares (0045A)

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RNS Number : 0045A

Man Group plc

20 March 2017

Transaction in own shares

Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 20 March 2017 it purchased for cancellation 174,101 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 145.9814 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 147.0 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 144.9 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: 174,101

Date of transaction: 20 March 2017

Time of transaction: 08:10 - 16:35

Price: 145.9814p

Broker: Merrill Lynch International

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 43,491,864 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 126.3307 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,668,476,873.

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]

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