Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC

11 June 2024

 

11 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:	10/06/2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	61,721
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	332.50
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	335.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	334.60

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 205,843,952 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 205,843,952. 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
1992	333.00	08:10:59	00070222199TRLO0	XLON
596	333.00	08:10:59	00070222198TRLO0	XLON
2362	333.00	08:10:59	00070222197TRLO0	XLON
3382	333.00	08:19:18	00070222314TRLO0	XLON
1200	333.00	08:19:27	00070222316TRLO0	XLON
620	332.50	08:40:43	00070222703TRLO0	XLON
1569	332.50	08:40:43	00070222704TRLO0	XLON
50000	335.00	10:34:04	00070225624TRLO0	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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