Man Group plc Transaction in Own Shares (9515D)

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RNS Number : 9515D

Man Group plc

12 October 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:             12 October 2018 
 Number of ordinary shares 
  purchased:                   1,230,000 
 Time of transaction:          08:00 to 16:30 
 Highest price per share:      153.9500 
 Lowest price per share:       136.9500 
 Weighted average price per 
  share:                       148.9590 
 

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase and settlement of these shares, the Company will hold 32,645,735 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,577,496,578 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 42,643,640 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 175.0997 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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