Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1040E

Man Group plc

15 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:	15 October 2018
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	924,264
Time of transaction:	08:00 to 14:35
Highest price per share:	139.8000
Lowest price per share:	136.0500
Weighted average price per share:	137.5803

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.  Following the purchase and settlement of these shares, the Company will hold 33,569,999 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,576,572,314 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 43,567,904 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 174.3037 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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