27 February 2020
Ascential plc
Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibility
Ascential plc ("the Company" / LSE: ASCL.L) has today received notification that Duncan Painter (Chief Executive Officer) has exercised his SAYE option granted in September 2016 to acquire 8,823 shares. His resultant holdings is 3,644,904 (0.9% of ordinary shares in issue).
Name and contact details for enquiries:
Louise Meads
Company Secretary
020 7516 5042
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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Names
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Duncan Painter
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Reason for the notification
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Position/status
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Director |
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Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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Name
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Ascential plc |
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LEI
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213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21 |
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Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary shares of 1p
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Identification code |
BYM8GJ0 |
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Nature of the transaction
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Duncan Painter - purchase of ordinary shares under the Ascential Save As You Earn share plan
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Duncan Painter: |
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Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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2.04 |
8,823 |
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Aggregated information |
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- Aggregated volume |
Not applicable - single transaction |
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- Price |
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Date of the transaction
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26 February 2020 |
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Place of the transaction
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London |