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12/12/2016 17:45

RNS Number : 6293R
Man Group plc
12 December 2016
Transaction in own shares
Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 12 December 2016 it purchased for cancellation 811,109 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 116.3355 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 117.3 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 114.1 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: 811,109
Date of transaction: 12 December 2016
Time of transaction: 08:05 - 16:35
Price: 116.3355p
Broker: Merrill Lynch International
Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 19,859,845 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 119.8137 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,683,519,452.
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:
Andrea Waters
Head of Investor Relations
+44 20 7144 3508
andrea.waters@man.com

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