Man Group plc Transaction in Own Shares (3290A)

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RNS Number : 3290A

Man Group plc

10 September 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:             10 September 2018 
 Number of ordinary shares 
  purchased:                   615,026 
 Time of transaction:          08:00 to 16:30 
 Highest price per share:      170.1000 
 Lowest price per share:       166.3000 
 Weighted average price per 
  share:                       169.1738 
 

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase and settlement of these shares, the Company will hold 21,931,208 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,588,211,105 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 31,712,713 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 178.0019 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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