Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6572M

Man Group plc

31 July 2017

 

Transaction in own shares

Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 31 July 2017 it purchased for cancellation 148,749 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 159.5640 pence per ordinary share pursuant to its $100 million share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 14 October 2016. The highest price paid per share was 160.70 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 156.80 pence. Details of the relevant repurchase transactions are set out below:    

Description of shares: Man Group plc - ordinary shares 3 3/7 cents

Number of shares repurchased: 148,749

Date of transaction: 31 July 2017

Time of transaction: 08:20 - 16:30

Price: 159.5640p

Broker: Merrill Lynch International

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 56,466,428 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 132.1452 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,655,519,335.

The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

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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