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15/12/2017 18:15

RNS Number : 5698Z
Man Group plc
15 December 2017
Transaction in our own shares
Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 15th December 2017 it purchased for cancellation 300,000 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 201.8544 pence per ordinary share pursuant to its US$100 million share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 13th October 2017. The highest price paid per share was 202.90 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 199.90 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: 300,000
Date of transaction: 15 December 2017
Time of transaction: 09:40 - 16:35
Price: 201.8544
Broker: Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 9,755,821 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 193.8921 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,644,206,498. 
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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