Transaction in Own Shares

Transaction in own shares

Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 30 August 2017 it purchased for cancellation 40,243 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 164.6347 pence per ordinary share pursuant to its $100 million share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 14 October 2016. The highest price paid per share was 165.10 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 163.70 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: 40,243

Date of transaction: 30 August 2017

Time of transaction: 08:15 - 16:35

Price: 164.6347p

Broker: Merrill Lynch International

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 58,245,333 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 133.1668 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,653,740,430.

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 SmartHead of Investor Relations+44 20 7144 2030[email protected]