Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC

19 June 2024

 

19 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:	18/06/2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	150,000
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	336.00
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	341.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	338.31

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 204,826,792 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 204,826,792. 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 ordinary shares purchased	Transaction price (per share)	Time of transaction	Transaction reference number	Trading venue
2033	337.50	08:22:50	00070321761TRLO0	XLON
2265	337.50	08:45:19	00070322078TRLO0	XLON
1430	337.00	08:54:31	00070322242TRLO0	XLON
514	337.00	08:54:31	00070322243TRLO0	XLON
53	337.00	08:54:31	00070322244TRLO0	XLON
2331	336.50	09:01:38	00070322456TRLO0	XLON
2103	336.00	09:33:45	00070323113TRLO0	XLON
2139	337.00	10:16:21	00070323936TRLO0	XLON
1619	336.50	10:24:01	00070324053TRLO0	XLON
439	336.50	10:24:01	00070324054TRLO0	XLON
1926	336.00	10:25:33	00070324073TRLO0	XLON
793	336.00	10:44:26	00070324461TRLO0	XLON
1207	337.50	10:45:50	00070324538TRLO0	XLON
1172	337.50	10:45:50	00070324539TRLO0	XLON
1172	337.50	10:45:50	00070324540TRLO0	XLON
1289	337.50	10:47:40	00070324568TRLO0	XLON
515	337.50	10:47:40	00070324569TRLO0	XLON
178	337.50	10:48:59	00070324593TRLO0	XLON
521	337.50	10:48:59	00070324594TRLO0	XLON
1365	337.50	10:51:40	00070324631TRLO0	XLON
88	337.50	10:51:40	00070324632TRLO0	XLON
200	337.50	10:52:56	00070324671TRLO0	XLON
2087	337.50	10:53:31	00070324691TRLO0	XLON
1982	337.00	11:06:09	00070325000TRLO0	XLON
94	337.50	11:06:09	00070325001TRLO0	XLON
2276	336.50	11:06:09	00070325002TRLO0	XLON
50000	337.00	11:07:35	00070325017TRLO0	XLON
322	338.50	12:05:45	00070325815TRLO0	XLON
759	338.50	12:05:45	00070325816TRLO0	XLON
60	338.50	12:05:45	00070325817TRLO0	XLON
1463	338.50	12:05:45	00070325818TRLO0	XLON
740	338.50	12:05:45	00070325819TRLO0	XLON
987	338.50	12:06:24	00070325828TRLO0	XLON
1257	338.50	12:06:24	00070325829TRLO0	XLON
653	339.50	12:08:55	00070325871TRLO0	XLON
653	339.50	12:08:55	00070325872TRLO0	XLON
653	339.50	12:08:55	00070325873TRLO0	XLON
1163	339.50	12:10:55	00070325915TRLO0	XLON
603	339.50	12:10:55	00070325916TRLO0	XLON
1162	339.00	12:13:45	00070325942TRLO0	XLON
840	339.00	12:13:45	00070325943TRLO0	XLON
2191	339.00	12:17:40	00070326046TRLO0	XLON
24	338.00	12:31:50	00070326234TRLO0	XLON
1300	338.00	12:31:50	00070326235TRLO0	XLON
586	338.00	12:31:50	00070326236TRLO0	XLON
455	338.00	12:39:13	00070326338TRLO0	XLON
886	338.50	12:44:25	00070326475TRLO0	XLON
449	338.50	12:44:25	00070326476TRLO0	XLON
862	338.00	12:47:13	00070326512TRLO0	XLON
1031	338.00	12:47:55	00070326522TRLO0	XLON
2293	340.00	13:38:36	00070328112TRLO0	XLON
1977	340.00	13:38:36	00070328113TRLO0	XLON
1378	340.00	13:38:49	00070328114TRLO0	XLON
555	340.00	14:26:53	00070330491TRLO0	XLON
1934	340.00	14:26:53	00070330492TRLO0	XLON
1997	340.00	14:26:53	00070330493TRLO0	XLON
2014	340.00	14:26:53	00070330494TRLO0	XLON
2285	340.00	14:26:53	00070330497TRLO0	XLON
6406	341.00	16:16:32	00070336178TRLO0	XLON
47	340.50	16:16:38	00070336184TRLO0	XLON
2044	340.50	16:16:38	00070336185TRLO0	XLON
7408	340.50	16:16:47	00070336188TRLO0	XLON
2991	340.50	16:16:47	00070336189TRLO0	XLON
2321	340.50	16:16:47	00070336190TRLO0	XLON
3167	340.50	16:16:47	00070336191TRLO0	XLON
4094	340.50	16:16:47	00070336192TRLO0	XLON
2049	340.00	16:22:05	00070336553TRLO0	XLON
2091	340.00	16:22:05	00070336554TRLO0	XLON
2059	340.00	16:22:05	00070336555TRLO0	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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