REG - Man Group plc - Transaction in Own Shares

ManAnnouncement

31/08/2018 17:20

RNS Number : 4776Z
Man Group plc
31 August 2018
 


Transactions in own shares
 
Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 3 3/7 US cents on the London Stock Exchange through J.P. Morgan Securities plc as part of its US$100 million share repurchase programme announced on 12 April 2018.
 



Date of purchase:


31 August 2018
 




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


191,930
 




Time of transaction:


08:05 to 16:30
 




Highest price per share:


173.4000
 




Lowest price per share:


171.2500
 




Weighted average price per share:


172.3749
 



 
The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.  Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 19,501,551 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,590,640,762 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). 
 
Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 29,283,056 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 178.5893 pence per share.
 
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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