Man Group plc Transaction in Own Shares (6530U)

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RNS Number : 6530U

Man Group plc

13 July 2018

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 announced on 12 April 2018.

 
 Date of purchase:             13 July 2018 
 Number of ordinary shares 
  purchased:                   286,949 
 Time of transaction:          08:00 to 16:30 
 Highest price per share:      176.7500 
 Lowest price per share:       174.0500 
 Weighted average price per 
  share:                       175.0837 
 

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 8,731,511 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,601,410,802 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 15,372,063 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 182.0762 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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