Form 8.3 - Ascential plc

Barclays PLC

20 August 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:				19 Aug 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:			4,188,559	2.05%	376,139	0.18%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			243,700	0.12%	3,797,415	1.86%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,432,259	2.17%	4,173,554	2.05%
(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		122,139		5.7246  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		59,759		5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		21,230		5.7166  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		19,599		5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		19,594		5.7247  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		18,353		5.7089  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,796		5.7079  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,292		5.7050  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		539		5.7075  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		282		5.7161  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		200		5.7099  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		6		5.7109  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		66,091		5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		24,110		5.7244  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		8,983		5.7182  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		3,395		5.7050  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		3,182		5.7089  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		2,274		5.7079  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		1,616		5.7075  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		855		5.7077  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		118		5.7100  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		4,979	5.7095  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,927	5.7182  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		21,894	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		166	5.7005  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,178	5.7103  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6	5.7116  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		44,197	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		5,560	5.7232  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		43	5.7049  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,160	5.7050  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,853	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,230	5.7166  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,948	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		478	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		201	5.7070  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		721	5.7050  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,406	5.7087  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,531	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,478	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,261	5.7150  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:				20 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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