Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1655P

Man Group plc

05 February 2019

 

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 (originally announced on 22 October 2018, with the increase of the maximum consideration from US$50 million to US$100 million announced on 24 December 2018).

Date of purchase:	5 February 2019
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	109,912
Time of transaction:	08:05 to 16:30
Highest price per share:	147.5000
Lowest price per share:	145.2000
Weighted average price per share:	146.2615

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.  Following the purchase and settlement of these shares, the Company will hold 59,478,277 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,550,664,036 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 25,941,507 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 140.9129 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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