MANU Manchester United Plc

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of August, 2017
Commission File Number: 001-35627

MANCHESTER UNITED PLC

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Old Trafford

Manchester M16 0RA

United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices)

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT

On August 9, 2017, Manchester United plc (“Manchester United”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among Manchester United, Red Football LLC (the “Selling Shareholder”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (the “Underwriter”) relating to an underwritten offering (the “Offering”) of 4,347,826 of Manchester United’s Class A Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to Manchester United’s Registration Statement on Form F-3, File No. 333-206985, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2015, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement, dated August 9, 2017.

Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriter purchased the shares at a price of $16.35 per share.  The Underwriter has an option, which it has exercised in full, to purchase up to an additional 652,174 Class A Ordinary Shares from the Selling Shareholder. The Offering is expected to close on August 15, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.  Manchester United will not receive any proceeds from the sale of any Class A Ordinary Shares by the Selling Shareholder.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto.

The information set forth in this report on Form 6-K and in the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto is hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.