Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3739G

Ascential PLC

16 March 2020

 

16 March 2020

Ascential plc

("the Company")

Transaction in own shares

Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L), the global specialist information company, announces that on 16 March 2020 it purchased through Numis Securities Limited the following number of its ordinary shares for Cancellation at an average price of 257.7893 pence per share:

Number of ordinarysharespurchased:	200,000
Highest purchase price paidpershare:	269.20p
Lowest purchase price paidpershare:	245.40p

Following the above transaction, there are 402,645,798 ordinary shares of 1p each of Ascential plc in issue. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this disclosure.

Therefore the above figure (402,645,798) can be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to, their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Numis Securities Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

Enquiries:

Louise Meads, Company Secretary  [phone]

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (per share)	Time of transaction	Execution venue
513	255.2	09:49:43	XLON
31	255.0	09:49:43	XLON
1856	255.0	09:49:43	XLON
1294	253.8	09:50:59	XLON
197	253.8	09:50:59	XLON
500	253.0	09:51:00	XLON
500	253.0	09:51:00	XLON
406	253.0	09:51:00	XLON
635	251.4	10:04:21	XLON
231	251.4	10:04:21	XLON
500	251.4	10:04:21	XLON
96	251.4	10:04:21	XLON
100	251.2	10:04:22	XLON
106	251.2	10:04:22	XLON
500	251.2	10:04:22	XLON
710	251.2	10:04:22	XLON
1290	246.2	10:18:13	XLON
102	246.2	10:18:13	XLON
756	246.2	10:18:13	XLON
1476	248.0	10:35:17	XLON
575	248.0	10:35:17	XLON
1182	248.0	10:35:17	XLON
285	247.6	10:37:21	XLON
24	247.6	10:37:21	XLON
272	247.6	10:37:21	XLON
500	247.6	10:37:21	XLON
221	247.6	10:37:21	XLON
156	247.6	10:37:21	XLON
70	247.6	10:37:21	XLON
684	245.4	10:43:59	XLON
228	245.4	10:43:59	XLON
111	245.4	10:43:59	XLON
500	245.4	10:43:59	XLON
1343	247.6	10:53:28	XLON
168	247.6	10:53:28	XLON
9	247.0	10:54:28	XLON
500	247.0	10:54:28	XLON
500	247.0	10:54:28	XLON
451	247.0	10:54:28	XLON
635	248.0	11:10:59	XLON
9	248.0	11:10:59	XLON
211	248.0	11:10:59	XLON
440	248.0	11:10:59	XLON
1366	248.0	11:10:59	XLON
129	248.0	11:10:59	XLON
226	247.6	11:10:59	XLON
1516	249.6	11:16:26	XLON
350	249.4	11:16:41	XLON
931	249.4	11:16:59	XLON
1194	249.0	11:22:31	XLON
836	249.2	11:24:13	XLON
493	249.2	11:24:13	XLON
511	249.4	11:30:29	XLON
1005	249.4	11:30:29	XLON
1372	249.0	11:31:03	XLON
522	248.0	11:31:41	XLON
501	248.0	11:31:41	XLON
319	248.0	11:31:42	XLON
1469	246.8	11:45:50	XLON
897	247.8	11:49:14	XLON
315	249.2	11:52:35	XLON
1483	248.6	11:57:08	XLON
1392	248.6	11:57:55	XLON
1	248.6	11:58:02	XLON
559	248.6	11:58:02	XLON
779	248.6	11:58:02	XLON
62	248.6	11:58:02	XLON
482	248.4	11:58:03	XLON
723	248.4	11:58:03	XLON
196	248.4	11:58:03	XLON
1487	248.4	12:03:01	XLON
941	248.0	12:06:09	XLON
500	248.0	12:06:09	XLON
900	246.2	12:13:50	XLON
641	246.2	12:13:50	XLON
1546	246.8	12:17:34	XLON
263	246.6	12:22:29	XLON
1078	246.6	12:22:29	XLON
1269	249.4	12:47:30	XLON
1423	249.4	12:47:30	XLON
1288	249.6	12:47:38	XLON
80	249.6	12:47:38	XLON
1562	252.2	12:49:35	XLON
490	251.6	12:49:36	XLON
570	251.6	12:49:36	XLON
200	251.6	12:49:36	XLON
235	251.6	12:49:36	XLON
65	251.6	12:49:36	XLON
4408	254.4	12:58:37	XLON
113	254.6	13:00:03	XLON
800	254.6	13:00:03	XLON
404	254.6	13:00:03	XLON
85	254.4	13:00:03	XLON
800	254.4	13:00:03	XLON
613	254.4	13:00:03	XLON
22	254.4	13:00:03	XLON
1350	254.0	13:00:06	XLON
1573	254.0	13:04:10	XLON
226	252.4	13:04:21	XLON
1066	252.4	13:04:21	XLON
228	255.2	13:17:02	XLON
374	255.2	13:17:02	XLON
688	255.2	13:17:02	XLON
912	255.2	13:17:02	XLON
618	255.2	13:17:02	XLON
400	255.2	13:17:02	XLON
494	255.2	13:17:02	XLON
1539	255.6	13:21:00	XLON
1217	254.8	13:21:00	XLON
125	254.8	13:21:00	XLON
1684	257.0	13:29:04	XLON
1533	256.4	13:29:46	XLON
1569	255.0	13:33:20	XLON
1413	253.2	13:41:11	XLON
1360	256.0	13:56:47	XLON
237	255.6	13:56:49	XLON
1123	255.6	13:56:49	XLON
151	255.4	13:57:11	XLON
1500	255.4	13:57:11	XLON
1542	256.2	13:59:15	XLON
495	255.4	14:02:44	XLON
1444	254.6	14:02:46	XLON
578	255.8	14:08:56	XLON
507	255.8	14:08:56	XLON
293	255.8	14:08:56	XLON
1408	255.4	14:16:52	XLON
1280	255.4	14:16:52	XLON
997	254.4	14:16:52	XLON
365	254.4	14:16:52	XLON
278	255.4	14:23:05	XLON
987	255.4	14:23:05	XLON
1352	255.6	14:27:01	XLON
192	255.4	14:27:06	XLON
800	255.4	14:27:06	XLON
220	255.4	14:27:06	XLON
336	255.4	14:27:06	XLON
760	254.8	14:30:00	XLON
752	254.8	14:30:00	XLON
1635	257.6	14:37:55	XLON
1077	259.6	14:41:15	XLON
820	259.6	14:41:15	XLON
606	259.6	14:41:15	XLON
287	259.6	14:41:15	XLON
418	259.6	14:41:15	XLON
350	259.8	14:43:19	XLON
52	259.8	14:43:19	XLON
1007	259.8	14:43:19	XLON
1305	259.4	14:43:22	XLON
1292	259.4	14:43:22	XLON
427	258.4	14:47:08	XLON
880	258.4	14:47:08	XLON
1307	258.6	14:47:08	XLON
1539	258.6	14:50:37	XLON
1361	258.6	14:51:07	XLON
1043	258.4	14:51:35	XLON
481	258.4	14:51:35	XLON
1524	258.2	14:55:26	XLON
1492	258.2	14:55:26	XLON
462	257.8	14:55:28	XLON
1000	257.8	14:55:28	XLON
635	258.6	15:00:55	XLON
927	258.6	15:00:55	XLON
1300	258.2	15:01:15	XLON
323	258.2	15:01:37	XLON
246	258.2	15:01:37	XLON
1475	258.2	15:01:53	XLON
730	258.2	15:01:53	XLON
128	258.4	15:05:38	XLON
383	258.4	15:05:38	XLON
1369	258.6	15:05:38	XLON
258	258.4	15:05:38	XLON
800	258.4	15:05:38	XLON
1423	259.0	15:08:31	XLON
1395	259.0	15:08:31	XLON
793	261.6	15:11:49	XLON
575	261.6	15:11:49	XLON
683	261.4	15:11:49	XLON
729	261.4	15:11:49	XLON
195	261.0	15:11:51	XLON
1104	261.0	15:11:51	XLON
1485	261.6	15:16:45	XLON
766	263.4	15:20:15	XLON
707	263.4	15:20:15	XLON
48	263.4	15:20:15	XLON
492	263.2	15:20:35	XLON
800	263.2	15:20:35	XLON
1000	263.0	15:20:35	XLON
505	263.0	15:20:35	XLON
117	265.0	15:24:11	XLON
1261	265.0	15:24:11	XLON
1407	264.6	15:24:23	XLON
1316	264.8	15:25:10	XLON
263	264.8	15:25:10	XLON
109	264.8	15:25:10	XLON
483	264.6	15:25:10	XLON
334	264.6	15:25:12	XLON
800	264.6	15:25:12	XLON
234	265.0	15:29:28	XLON
276	265.0	15:29:28	XLON
125	265.0	15:29:28	XLON
763	265.0	15:29:28	XLON
1356	266.6	15:31:11	XLON
108	266.6	15:31:11	XLON
1410	266.4	15:31:25	XLON
1346	266.4	15:31:25	XLON
450	265.4	15:31:27	XLON
1000	265.4	15:31:27	XLON
452	264.6	15:33:44	XLON
880	264.6	15:33:44	XLON
98	265.0	15:38:24	XLON
104	265.0	15:38:24	XLON
1085	265.0	15:38:24	XLON
1349	265.0	15:38:27	XLON
1429	266.4	15:40:19	XLON
1600	266.6	15:40:19	XLON
294	266.6	15:40:19	XLON
958	266.4	15:43:15	XLON
1310	266.6	15:43:25	XLON
715	266.4	15:43:45	XLON
389	266.4	15:43:45	XLON
89	266.4	15:43:45	XLON
17	266.4	15:43:45	XLON
229	266.4	15:43:45	XLON
1304	266.6	15:43:45	XLON
1305	266.6	15:45:08	XLON
1339	266.4	15:48:20	XLON
1387	267.2	15:49:45	XLON
1481	267.0	15:50:38	XLON
1483	267.2	15:50:38	XLON
632	265.8	15:54:14	XLON
800	265.8	15:54:14	XLON
96	265.8	15:54:14	XLON
1309	265.8	15:54:14	XLON
1309	265.6	15:54:16	XLON
1443	265.4	15:56:09	XLON
1523	266.0	15:58:55	XLON
1071	265.8	15:59:13	XLON
354	265.8	15:59:13	XLON
1547	265.6	15:59:13	XLON
473	268.6	16:03:58	XLON
17	268.6	16:03:58	XLON
916	268.6	16:03:58	XLON
51	269.2	16:04:58	XLON
976	269.2	16:04:58	XLON
417	269.2	16:04:58	XLON
1287	268.6	16:05:58	XLON
1345	268.8	16:05:58	XLON
52	268.6	16:06:59	XLON
1279	268.6	16:06:59	XLON
1422	268.0	16:08:41	XLON
116	268.0	16:08:41	XLON
412	268.2	16:10:56	XLON
861	268.2	16:11:16	XLON
1565	268.2	16:11:57	XLON
1375	269.2	16:13:10	XLON
1335	268.4	16:13:53	XLON
1530	267.4	16:15:31	XLON
1335	268.0	16:17:09	XLON
782	268.6	16:18:11	XLON
25	268.6	16:18:11	XLON

 

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