Transaction in Own Shares

Transaction in our own shares

Man Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 12th December 2017 it purchased for cancellation 255,696 of its ordinary shares with a weighted average price of 200.5421 pence per ordinary share pursuant to its US$100 million share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 13th October 2017. The highest price paid per share was 203.00 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 199.10 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: 255,696

Date of transaction: 12 December 2017

Time of transaction: 08:05 - 16:35

Price: 200.5421

Broker: Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

Since the commencement of the share repurchase programme, the Company has repurchased 9,005,977 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 193.1537 pence per share.

Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,644,956,342. (Note: This figure takes into account the issue and allotment of 20,000 ordinary shares on 12 December 2017 in order to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's Sharesave Scheme).

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