EMG Man Group Plc

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Man Group plc

11 December 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:             11 December 2018 
 Number of ordinary shares 
  purchased:                   482,858 
 Time of transaction:          08:00 to 16:30 
 Highest price per share:      140.0000 
 Lowest price per share:       134.5000 
 Weighted average price per 
  share:                       138.2859 
 

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase and settlement of these shares, the Company will hold 47,542,660 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,562,599,653 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). (Note: This figure takes into account the transfer from treasury of 8,307 ordinary shares on 11 December 2018 in order to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's Sharesave Scheme).

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 14,005,890 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 145.8680 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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