Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5892F

Man Group plc

29 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$50 million share repurchase programme announced on 22 October 2018.

Date of purchase:	29 October 2018
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	613,931
Time of transaction:	08:00 to 16:30
Highest price per share:	155.6000
Lowest price per share:	151.3500
Weighted average price per share:	153.8497

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.  Following the purchase and settlement of these shares, the Company will hold 36,644,018 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,573,498,295 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 3,074,019 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 148.7012 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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