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ManAnnouncement

18/04/2017 17:45

RNS Number : 6487C
Man Group plc
18 April 2017
Transaction in own shares
Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 18 April 2017 it purchased for cancellation 229,381 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 145.6202 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 147.7 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 144.7 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: 229,381
Date of transaction: 18 April 2017
Time of transaction: 08:10 - 16:35
Price: 145.6202p
Broker: Merrill Lynch International
Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 47,377,643 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 127.8722 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,664,608,120.
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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