Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2097O

Man Group plc

16 August 2017

 

Transaction in own shares

Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 16 August 2017 it purchased for cancellation 175,827 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 167.2722 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 168.40 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 164.70 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: 175,827

Date of transaction: 16 August 2017

Time of transaction: 08:25 - 16:35

Price: 167.2722p

Broker: Merrill Lynch International

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 57,388,840 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 132.6803 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,654,596,923.

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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