Replacement Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6564G
Ascential PLC
27 July 2021
 

The following amendment has been made to the 'Director/PDMR Shareholding' announcement released on 27 July 2021 at 15:12 under RNS No 6517G.

 

The average price paid (p) for the shares acquired by Paul Harrison is 426.2p. 

 

All other details remain unchanged.

 

The full amended text is shown below.

 

 

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

426.2p

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

+44 (0) 207 516 5042

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