Man Group plc Transaction in Own Shares (0019F)

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Man Group plc

09 July 2019

Transactions in own shares

Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 3 3/7 US cents on the London Stock Exchange through J.P. Morgan Securities plc as part of its US$100 million share repurchase programme (originally announced on 22 October 2018, with the increase of the maximum consideration from US$50 million to US$100 million announced on 24 December 2018).

 
 Date of purchase:             9 July 2019 
 Number of ordinary shares 
  purchased:                   29,277 
 Time of transaction:          08:05 to 16:30 
 Highest price per share:      164.2000 
 Lowest price per share:       160.9000 
 Weighted average price per 
  share:                       161.9575 
 

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase and settlement of these shares, the Company will hold 3,929,376 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,537,865,394 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, 44,414,135 ordinary shares have been repurchased in aggregate at a weighted average price of 141.4219 pence per share.

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

Enquiries

Fiona Smart

Head of Investor Relations

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[e-mail]

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