Purchase of Own Securities

Man Group PLC
20 January 2003

20 January 2003

                                 Man Group plc

                           Purchase of Own Securities

Man Group plc announces that on 20 January 2003 it purchased for cancellation
100,000 of its 10p ordinary shares at a price of 842.72 pence per ordinary
share.


Contact:

Peter Clarke                      Man Group plc                  020 7285 3181


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