Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC

10 June 2024

 

10 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:	07/06/2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	106,715
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	329.50
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	331.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	330.53

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 205,905,673 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 205,905,673. 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
5449	330.00	08:38:47	00070210033TRLO0	XLON
1977	329.50	08:38:59	00070210035TRLO0	XLON
263	329.50	08:40:19	00070210067TRLO0	XLON
1906	329.50	08:40:19	00070210068TRLO0	XLON
50000	330.50	09:00:08	00070210612TRLO0	XLON
1021	330.00	09:14:08	00070210887TRLO0	XLON
573	330.00	09:14:08	00070210889TRLO0	XLON
101	330.00	09:36:38	00070211391TRLO0	XLON
1691	330.00	11:34:59	00070213677TRLO0	XLON
1705	330.00	11:34:59	00070213678TRLO0	XLON
1748	330.00	11:34:59	00070213679TRLO0	XLON
1627	330.00	11:34:59	00070213680TRLO0	XLON
1805	330.00	11:34:59	00070213681TRLO0	XLON
1835	330.00	11:34:59	00070213682TRLO0	XLON
2019	331.00	13:33:49	00070216160TRLO0	XLON
1944	331.00	13:33:49	00070216161TRLO0	XLON
92	331.00	13:43:32	00070216672TRLO0	XLON
1547	331.00	13:43:32	00070216673TRLO0	XLON
1815	330.50	13:46:13	00070216836TRLO0	XLON
697	331.00	14:35:13	00070218004TRLO0	XLON
1000	331.00	14:35:32	00070218009TRLO0	XLON
900	331.00	14:43:32	00070218155TRLO0	XLON
25000	331.00	14:47:22	00070218262TRLO0	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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