REG - Man Group plc - Transaction in Own Shares

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31/10/2018 17:35

RNS Number : 9435F
Man Group plc
31 October 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$50 million share repurchase programme announced on 22 October 2018.
 



Date of purchase:


31 October 2018
 




Number of ordinary shares purchased:


463,565
 




Time of transaction:


08:05 to 16:30
 




Highest price per share:


157.9500
 




Lowest price per share:


153.9500
 




Weighted average price per share:


155.7940
 



 
The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.  Following the purchase and settlement of these shares, the Company will hold 37,337,475 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,572,804,838 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
 
Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 3,778,552 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 149.9633 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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