Transaction in own shares

Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 25 May 2017 it purchased for cancellation 93,835 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 156.5570 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 157.0 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 155.9 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: 93,835

Date of transaction: 25 May 2017

Time of transaction: 09:40 - 16:35

Price: 156.5570p

Broker: Merrill Lynch International

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 50,735,810 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 129.6147 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,661,249,953.

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 Smart
Head of Investor Relations
+44 20 7144 2030
fiona.smart@man.com