Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6517G

Ascential PLC

27 July 2021

 

27 July 2021

Ascential plc ("the Company")

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibility

As announced on 27 July 2021, the following Directors of Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L) subscribed for the following numbers of ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") as part of the placing (the "Placing"):

Director	Shares acquired	Average price paid (p)	Resultant holding (no. of Shares)	Resultant holding (% of enlarged share capital following the Placing)
Scott Forbes (Chairman)	18,153	432	224,302	0.05%
Duncan Painter (CEO)	333,825	432	4,034,394	0.92%
Mandy Gradden (CFO)	46,296	432	818,590	0.19%

It is expected that the Shares issued pursuant to the Placing will be admitted to trading on or before 8.00 a.m. on 29 July 2021.  Additionally, on 26 July 2021 Duncan Painter granted security in favour of JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A. over 3,789,271 ordinary shares in the Company which he beneficially owns.  Duncan Painter's interests in ordinary shares did not change as a result of the granting of this security.

The Company has also received notification of the following transaction on 27 July 2021:

Director	Shares acquired	Average price paid (p)	Resultant holding (no. of shares)	Resultant holding (% of enlarged share capital following the Placing)
Duncan Painter (CEO)	23,256	431.6p	4,057,650	0.93%
Paul Harrison (COO)	5,800	462.2p	8,620	0.002%

Additional information:

Ascential plc (LEI 213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21)

Ordinary shares of 1p each with identification code BYM8GJ0

Place of transaction: London

Contacts:

Louise Meads, Company Secretary

[phone]

 

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