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ManAnnouncement

29/08/2017 18:00

RNS Number : 2294P
Man Group plc
29 August 2017
Transaction in own shares
Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 29 August 2017 it purchased for cancellation 118,070 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 163.9620 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 165.60 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 162.90 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: 118,070
Date of transaction: 29 August 2017
Time of transaction: 08:00 - 16:35
Price: 163.9620p
Broker: Merrill Lynch International
Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 58,205,090 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 133.1451 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,653,780,673.
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
+44 20 7144 2030
fiona.smart@man.com

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