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ManAnnouncement

19/01/2017 17:35

RNS Number : 6659U
Man Group plc
19 January 2017
Transaction in own shares
Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 19 January 2017 it purchased for cancellation 473,762 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 125.0040 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 125.9 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 123.6 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: 473,762
Date of transaction: 19 January 2017
Time of transaction: 08:05 - 16:35
Price: 125.0040p
Broker: Merrill Lynch International
Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 30,327,431 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 120.6574 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,678,718,538.
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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