The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase and settlement of these shares, the Company will hold 78,150,333 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,151,210,896 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 41,260,623 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 182.46 pence per share. All transactions under this programme can be found on the Company's website (www.man.com). The table below contains detailed information about the purchases made as part of the buyback programme. | 