Form 8.3 - Ascential plc Replacement

RNS Number : 0432G

Barclays PLC

27 September 2024

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a, 3a and 3b Replaces form Released at 24/09/2024 14:49 RNS Number : 4794F
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1.	KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:			Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:			ASCENTIAL PLC
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			23 Sep 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
2.	POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				1.7p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:				8,446,894	2.01%	708,584	0.35%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				758,940	0.18%	8,049,544	3.93%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				9,205,834	2.19%	8,758,128	4.28%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
3.	DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	171,347	5.6500 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	100,000	5.6466 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	33,039	5.6497 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	3,619	5.6475 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	706	5.6454 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	628	5.6450 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	116,387	5.6500 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	43,952	5.6503 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	37,487	5.6486 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	17,417	5.6450 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	3,089	5.6505 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	2,408	5.6460 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	2,104	5.6476 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,319	5.6485 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,093	5.6463 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	153	5.6464 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	153	5.6475 GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	76	5.6451 GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security	Product description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,864	5.6450 GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,408	5.6460 GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,093	5.6463 GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	153	5.6464 GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	37,487	5.6486 GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,237	5.6500 GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	76,437	5.6500 GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	24,044	5.6500 GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	75	5.6454 GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2,094	5.6500 GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	122	5.6504 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security	Product description	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit


(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)

4.	OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				27 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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