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ManAnnouncement

02/02/2018 17:35

RNS Number : 8414D
Man Group plc
02 February 2018
Transaction in our own shares 
Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 2nd February 2018 it purchased for cancellation 161,937 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 214.0084 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 216.80 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 212.80 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: 161,937
Date of transaction: 2 February 2018
Time of transaction: 08:05 - 16:35
Price: 214.0084
Broker: Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 13,442,645 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 198.8085 pence per share.
Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,640,582,750. 
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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