Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC

20 June 2024

 

20 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:	19/06/2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	112,074
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	337.50
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	340.50
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	339.64

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 204,714,718 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 204,714,718. 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
14979	340.00	09:50:26	00070340856TRLO0	XLON
2090	340.00	09:50:26	00070340855TRLO0	XLON
1935	340.00	09:50:26	00070340854TRLO0	XLON
1331	340.50	09:50:26	00070340857TRLO0	XLON
2250	340.00	09:58:26	00070341085TRLO0	XLON
2220	340.00	10:12:26	00070341523TRLO0	XLON
617	340.50	10:16:28	00070341586TRLO0	XLON
322	340.50	10:16:28	00070341587TRLO0	XLON
1288	340.50	10:16:28	00070341588TRLO0	XLON
761	340.50	10:27:28	00070341840TRLO0	XLON
410	340.50	10:27:28	00070341841TRLO0	XLON
302	340.50	10:35:28	00070342106TRLO0	XLON
319	340.50	10:36:28	00070342122TRLO0	XLON
1589	340.50	10:36:28	00070342123TRLO0	XLON
2175	340.00	11:50:50	00070343724TRLO0	XLON
2434	340.00	11:50:50	00070343725TRLO0	XLON
2406	340.00	11:50:50	00070343726TRLO0	XLON
2162	340.00	11:50:50	00070343727TRLO0	XLON
1100	340.00	11:50:50	00070343728TRLO0	XLON
450	340.00	11:50:50	00070343729TRLO0	XLON
832	339.50	12:05:51	00070343987TRLO0	XLON
1339	339.50	12:05:51	00070343988TRLO0	XLON
380	340.00	12:13:06	00070344166TRLO0	XLON
403	340.00	12:13:13	00070344174TRLO0	XLON
300	340.00	12:18:52	00070344312TRLO0	XLON
300	340.00	12:19:16	00070344326TRLO0	XLON
2234	340.00	12:36:12	00070344505TRLO0	XLON
674	339.50	12:41:12	00070344557TRLO0	XLON
300	339.50	12:41:12	00070344558TRLO0	XLON
657	339.50	12:41:12	00070344559TRLO0	XLON
462	339.50	12:47:33	00070344644TRLO0	XLON
400	339.50	12:47:33	00070344645TRLO0	XLON
75	339.50	13:01:53	00070344794TRLO0	XLON
2400	339.50	13:02:53	00070344810TRLO0	XLON
83	339.50	13:02:53	00070344811TRLO0	XLON
2	339.50	13:02:53	00070344812TRLO0	XLON
55	339.50	13:12:38	00070344911TRLO0	XLON
13325	340.00	14:24:44	00070346455TRLO0	XLON
2114	340.00	14:24:44	00070346456TRLO0	XLON
1056	340.00	14:57:21	00070347194TRLO0	XLON
4742	340.00	14:57:21	00070347195TRLO0	XLON
516	340.00	14:57:21	00070347196TRLO0	XLON
1000	340.00	14:57:21	00070347197TRLO0	XLON
464	340.00	14:57:21	00070347198TRLO0	XLON
2100	340.00	15:04:50	00070347649TRLO0	XLON
2077	340.00	15:04:50	00070347650TRLO0	XLON
665	339.50	15:15:08	00070347898TRLO0	XLON
1836	339.50	15:15:09	00070347899TRLO0	XLON
2429	339.50	15:26:05	00070348132TRLO0	XLON
505	338.50	15:33:45	00070348323TRLO0	XLON
139	338.50	15:33:45	00070348324TRLO0	XLON
953	338.50	15:33:47	00070348325TRLO0	XLON
23	338.50	15:33:47	00070348326TRLO0	XLON
549	338.50	15:33:48	00070348327TRLO0	XLON
2425	338.50	15:40:48	00070348448TRLO0	XLON
1072	337.50	15:44:51	00070348591TRLO0	XLON
762	339.00	15:48:39	00070348636TRLO0	XLON
488	339.00	15:49:39	00070348667TRLO0	XLON
730	339.00	15:49:39	00070348668TRLO0	XLON
433	339.00	15:49:39	00070348669TRLO0	XLON
200	339.00	15:49:39	00070348670TRLO0	XLON
484	339.00	15:55:39	00070348859TRLO0	XLON
470	339.00	15:55:39	00070348860TRLO0	XLON
444	339.00	15:58:39	00070348941TRLO0	XLON
401	339.00	15:58:39	00070348942TRLO0	XLON
890	339.00	15:58:39	00070348943TRLO0	XLON
431	339.00	16:06:08	00070349278TRLO0	XLON
758	339.00	16:06:08	00070349279TRLO0	XLON
1300	339.00	16:06:08	00070349280TRLO0	XLON
301	339.00	16:21:56	00070349841TRLO0	XLON
1882	339.00	16:21:56	00070349842TRLO0	XLON
128	338.50	16:29:41	00070350139TRLO0	XLON
3513	338.50	16:35:09	00070350230TRLO0	XLON
1712	338.50	16:35:09	00070350231TRLO0	XLON
1706	338.50	16:35:09	00070350232TRLO0	XLON
2186	338.50	16:35:09	00070350233TRLO0	XLON
1992	338.50	16:35:09	00070350234TRLO0	XLON
837	338.50	16:35:12	00070350264TRLO0	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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