Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6521D

Man Group plc

10 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:	10 October 2018
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	1,065,000
Time of transaction:	08:00 to 16:30
Highest price per share:	161.0500
Lowest price per share:	153.2500
Weighted average price per share:	158.7210

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.  Following the purchase and settlement of these shares, the Company will hold 30,240,735 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,579,901,578 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 40,238,640 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 176.7008 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

[phone]

[e-mail]

 

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