Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6062G

Man Group plc

02 March 2018

 

Transaction in our own shares

Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 2^nd March 2018 it purchased for cancellation 1,276,675 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 161.5356 pence per ordinary share pursuant to its US$100 million share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 13^th October 2017.  The highest price paid per share was 164.0 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 160.35 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: 1,276,675

Date of transaction: 2 March 2018

Time of transaction: 08:00 - 16:35

Price: 161.5356

Broker: Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 24,726,116 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 191.1176 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,629,299,279.

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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