Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2124Y

Man Group plc

17 August 2018

 

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 announced on 12 April 2018.

Date of purchase:	17 August 2018
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	305,668
Time of transaction:	08:00 to 16:30
Highest price per share:	172.9500
Lowest price per share:	171.4500
Weighted average price per share:	172.0182

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.  Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 20,286,572 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,589,855,741 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). 

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 26,927,124 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 178.9937 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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