Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC

21 June 2024

 

21 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:	20/06/2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	125,982
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	336.50
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	339.50
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	337.96

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 204,588,736 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 204,588,736. 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
36	339.50	08:16:23	00070351333TRLO0	XLON
477	339.50	08:16:23	00070351332TRLO0	XLON
2265	339.00	08:19:11	00070351442TRLO0	XLON
526	339.00	09:30:09	00070353726TRLO0	XLON
633	339.00	09:30:09	00070353727TRLO0	XLON
433	339.00	09:51:41	00070354354TRLO0	XLON
1367	339.00	09:51:41	00070354355TRLO0	XLON
583	339.00	09:51:41	00070354356TRLO0	XLON
2197	339.00	10:03:37	00070354641TRLO0	XLON
143	339.00	10:54:51	00070355727TRLO0	XLON
141	339.00	10:54:52	00070355731TRLO0	XLON
617	339.50	10:57:32	00070355763TRLO0	XLON
1180	339.50	10:57:32	00070355764TRLO0	XLON
276	339.50	10:57:32	00070355765TRLO0	XLON
1202	339.00	11:37:03	00070357028TRLO0	XLON
276	339.00	11:37:03	00070357029TRLO0	XLON
549	339.00	11:37:03	00070357030TRLO0	XLON
1354	339.00	11:37:03	00070357031TRLO0	XLON
970	339.50	12:18:32	00070358288TRLO0	XLON
630	339.50	12:18:32	00070358289TRLO0	XLON
1210	339.50	12:18:32	00070358290TRLO0	XLON
4998	339.50	12:18:32	00070358291TRLO0	XLON
2125	338.50	12:47:31	00070359194TRLO0	XLON
565	338.00	12:59:32	00070359411TRLO0	XLON
7740	338.50	13:57:15	00070361284TRLO0	XLON
1100	338.50	13:57:15	00070361285TRLO0	XLON
897	338.50	13:57:15	00070361286TRLO0	XLON
2604	338.00	14:14:18	00070361912TRLO0	XLON
2268	338.00	14:14:18	00070361913TRLO0	XLON
2420	338.00	14:14:18	00070361914TRLO0	XLON
1300	338.00	14:14:18	00070361915TRLO0	XLON
1300	338.00	14:14:18	00070361916TRLO0	XLON
1746	337.50	14:14:21	00070361917TRLO0	XLON
2444	338.00	14:31:12	00070362810TRLO0	XLON
707	337.50	14:31:12	00070362811TRLO0	XLON
765	337.50	14:33:47	00070362995TRLO0	XLON
1104	337.50	14:38:58	00070363217TRLO0	XLON
1469	338.50	14:54:53	00070364059TRLO0	XLON
761	338.50	14:54:53	00070364060TRLO0	XLON
326	338.50	14:54:53	00070364061TRLO0	XLON
1243	338.50	14:54:53	00070364062TRLO0	XLON
1430	338.50	14:54:53	00070364063TRLO0	XLON
644	338.50	14:54:53	00070364064TRLO0	XLON
487	338.50	14:54:53	00070364065TRLO0	XLON
353	338.50	14:54:53	00070364066TRLO0	XLON
2089	338.00	14:54:57	00070364067TRLO0	XLON
418	338.00	14:54:57	00070364068TRLO0	XLON
23	338.00	15:00:33	00070364297TRLO0	XLON
23	338.00	15:06:33	00070364588TRLO0	XLON
31	338.00	15:12:11	00070364742TRLO0	XLON
1729	338.00	15:12:11	00070364743TRLO0	XLON
2076	338.00	15:12:11	00070364744TRLO0	XLON
214	338.00	15:12:11	00070364745TRLO0	XLON
5	338.00	15:12:11	00070364746TRLO0	XLON
18	338.00	15:12:11	00070364747TRLO0	XLON
29940	338.00	16:12:47	00070367718TRLO0	XLON
1377	338.00	16:12:47	00070367719TRLO0	XLON
115	338.00	16:12:47	00070367720TRLO0	XLON
164	338.00	16:12:47	00070367721TRLO0	XLON
485	338.00	16:12:47	00070367722TRLO0	XLON
706	337.50	16:12:49	00070367723TRLO0	XLON
2726	337.50	16:12:49	00070367724TRLO0	XLON
982	337.00	16:21:48	00070368151TRLO0	XLON
827	337.00	16:29:49	00070368489TRLO0	XLON
38	337.00	16:29:56	00070368499TRLO0	XLON
8262	336.50	16:35:23	00070368700TRLO0	XLON
1292	336.50	16:35:23	00070368701TRLO0	XLON
14581	336.50	16:35:23	00070368702TRLO0	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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