Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6589X

Man Group plc

13 August 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 August 2018
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	547,154
Time of transaction:	08:00 to 16:30
Highest price per share:	172.4500
Lowest price per share:	170.2000
Weighted average price per share:	171.2105

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.  Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 18,334,990 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,591,807,323 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). 

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 24,975,542 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 179.6323 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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