Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC

07 June 2024

 

7 June 2024

Ascential plc

Transaction in own shares

Ascential plc ("Ascential" or the "Company"), announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 4 April 2024 ("Share Buyback Programme") and subsequently updated, as highlighted in the Company's announcement on 20 May 2024, the Company purchased the following number of its Ordinary 1.7p Shares ("Ordinary Shares") through Numis Securities Limited ("Deutsche Numis").

Date of purchase:	06/06/2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	107,525
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	321.50
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	325.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	323.4918

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 206,012,388 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 206,012,388. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), as it forms part of Retained EU Law as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Deutsche Numis as part of the Share Buyback Programme.

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (per share)	Time of transaction	Transaction reference number	Venue
372	323.00	08:15:21	00070193716TRLO0	XLON
25000	323.00	08:15:48	00070193736TRLO0	XLON
1979	322.50	08:23:52	00070193961TRLO0	XLON
1792	322.00	08:45:01	00070194459TRLO0	XLON
2307	322.00	08:46:36	00070194511TRLO0	XLON
3516	322.00	08:46:36	00070194512TRLO0	XLON
1516	322.00	08:46:36	00070194513TRLO0	XLON
1270	321.50	08:46:38	00070194514TRLO0	XLON
233	321.50	08:46:38	00070194515TRLO0	XLON
401	321.50	08:46:38	00070194516TRLO0	XLON
56	321.50	08:46:56	00070194522TRLO0	XLON
47	321.50	08:47:36	00070194529TRLO0	XLON
1121	321.50	08:48:16	00070194551TRLO0	XLON
1528	321.50	08:48:16	00070194552TRLO0	XLON
98	321.50	08:48:16	00070194553TRLO0	XLON
1847	321.50	08:48:16	00070194554TRLO0	XLON
2150	322.00	10:23:15	00070197321TRLO0	XLON
5755	323.00	10:57:03	00070198114TRLO0	XLON
276	323.00	10:57:03	00070198115TRLO0	XLON
1712	323.00	10:57:06	00070198116TRLO0	XLON
100	323.00	10:58:44	00070198170TRLO0	XLON
1810	323.00	10:58:45	00070198172TRLO0	XLON
319	323.00	11:00:05	00070198193TRLO0	XLON
1390	323.50	12:56:13	00070200470TRLO0	XLON
1197	323.50	12:56:13	00070200471TRLO0	XLON
533	323.50	12:56:13	00070200472TRLO0	XLON
300	323.50	12:56:13	00070200473TRLO0	XLON
1600	323.50	12:56:13	00070200474TRLO0	XLON
24	323.50	12:56:13	00070200475TRLO0	XLON
800	323.50	12:56:13	00070200476TRLO0	XLON
800	323.50	12:56:13	00070200477TRLO0	XLON
800	323.50	12:56:13	00070200478TRLO0	XLON
3572	323.50	12:56:14	00070200479TRLO0	XLON
1749	323.50	12:56:26	00070200487TRLO0	XLON
562	323.50	12:57:21	00070200508TRLO0	XLON
442	323.50	12:57:21	00070200509TRLO0	XLON
72	323.50	12:59:21	00070200538TRLO0	XLON
38	323.50	12:59:21	00070200539TRLO0	XLON
2466	325.00	13:16:09	00070201032TRLO0	XLON
34	325.00	13:17:51	00070201119TRLO0	XLON
500	325.00	13:17:55	00070201120TRLO0	XLON
708	325.00	13:17:55	00070201121TRLO0	XLON
1649	324.50	13:18:55	00070201138TRLO0	XLON
300	324.50	13:26:55	00070201324TRLO0	XLON
600	324.50	13:26:55	00070201325TRLO0	XLON
1677	324.00	13:39:14	00070201674TRLO0	XLON
740	324.00	13:39:14	00070201675TRLO0	XLON
831	324.00	13:39:14	00070201676TRLO0	XLON
1187	324.00	13:57:40	00070202112TRLO0	XLON
400	324.00	13:58:48	00070202128TRLO0	XLON
76	324.50	14:10:13	00070202403TRLO0	XLON
949	324.50	14:10:13	00070202404TRLO0	XLON
429	324.50	14:10:13	00070202405TRLO0	XLON
1723	324.50	14:15:13	00070202732TRLO0	XLON
1600	324.50	14:23:13	00070202857TRLO0	XLON
169	324.50	14:23:13	00070202858TRLO0	XLON
182	324.00	14:23:13	00070202859TRLO0	XLON
4196	325.00	14:42:41	00070203519TRLO0	XLON
1070	325.00	14:43:24	00070203540TRLO0	XLON
353	325.00	14:43:24	00070203541TRLO0	XLON
1139	325.00	14:43:25	00070203542TRLO0	XLON
1578	325.00	14:43:25	00070203543TRLO0	XLON
1100	325.00	14:58:32	00070204076TRLO0	XLON
271	325.00	14:58:32	00070204077TRLO0	XLON
227	325.00	14:58:32	00070204078TRLO0	XLON
700	325.00	15:07:32	00070204305TRLO0	XLON
717	325.00	15:07:32	00070204306TRLO0	XLON
800	325.00	15:12:32	00070204572TRLO0	XLON
516	325.00	15:12:32	00070204573TRLO0	XLON
277	325.00	15:12:32	00070204574TRLO0	XLON
3540	325.00	15:27:02	00070205124TRLO0	XLON
1566	325.00	15:27:02	00070205125TRLO0	XLON
500	325.00	15:32:27	00070205346TRLO0	XLON
1858	325.00	15:59:28	00070206401TRLO0	XLON
1578	325.00	15:59:28	00070206402TRLO0	XLON
234	325.00	15:59:28	00070206403TRLO0	XLON
1	325.00	16:02:48	00070206647TRLO0	XLON

For further information please contact:

Ascential plc Philip Thomas Mandy Gradden Rory Elliott	Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer Investor Relations Director	[phone]
Media enquiries Matt Dixon Jamie Ricketts Edward Bridges	FTI Consulting	[phone]

 

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