Form 8.3 - Ascential plc

RNS Number : 4017H

Barclays PLC

08 October 2024

FORM 8.3
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				ASCENTIAL PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				07 Oct 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:			10,862,770	5.31%	522,187	0.26%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			526,586	0.26%	10,514,167	5.14%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			11,389,356	5.56%	11,036,354	5.39%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,544,109		5.6700 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		125,206		5.6711 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		113,755		5.6697 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		30,704		5.6747 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		4,157		5.6710 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,587		5.6674 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		453		5.6680 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		129		5.6686 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		23		5.6687 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		15		5.6669 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		7		5.6650 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		538,562		5.6700 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		31,600		5.6650 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		13,537		5.6702 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		2,650		5.6675 GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		2,561		5.6672 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,845	5.6650 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,103	5.6666 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,561	5.6672 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,300	5.6696 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		600	5.6699 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34,293	5.6700 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		891	5.6710 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		453	5.6680 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		152	5.6686 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		63	5.6694 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,140,438	5.6700 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		93	5.6704 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,157	5.6710 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		125,206	5.6711 GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,704	5.6747 GBP

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


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


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						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 exempt principal trader 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:				08 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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