Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC

24 June 2024

 

24 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:	21/06/2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	113,729
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	334.00
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	339.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	336.14

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 204,475,007 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 204,475,007. 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
2438	337.50	08:20:51	00070369619TRLO0	XLON
650	337.00	08:21:20	00070369625TRLO0	XLON
1964	337.00	08:21:20	00070369624TRLO0	XLON
175	336.50	08:24:10	00070369710TRLO0	XLON
1618	336.50	08:24:10	00070369712TRLO0	XLON
603	336.50	08:24:10	00070369711TRLO0	XLON
2064	336.00	08:48:14	00070370019TRLO0	XLON
406	336.00	08:48:14	00070370018TRLO0	XLON
259	335.50	09:14:34	00070370461TRLO0	XLON
42	335.50	09:21:42	00070370620TRLO0	XLON
42	335.50	09:23:22	00070370670TRLO0	XLON
76	335.50	09:23:22	00070370674TRLO0	XLON
1130	335.50	09:23:22	00070370673TRLO0	XLON
213	335.50	09:23:22	00070370672TRLO0	XLON
1000	335.50	09:23:22	00070370671TRLO0	XLON
611	335.50	09:23:57	00070370678TRLO0	XLON
2166	335.50	10:07:44	00070371822TRLO0	XLON
355	335.50	10:07:44	00070371821TRLO0	XLON
1701	335.50	10:07:44	00070371820TRLO0	XLON
1399	334.00	10:15:12	00070372004TRLO0	XLON
1376	334.00	10:15:12	00070372003TRLO0	XLON
5406	334.00	10:15:12	00070372002TRLO0	XLON
1024	334.00	10:15:12	00070372001TRLO0	XLON
107	334.00	10:15:12	00070372000TRLO0	XLON
237	334.00	10:15:12	00070371999TRLO0	XLON
56	334.00	10:15:12	00070371998TRLO0	XLON
706	334.00	10:15:12	00070371997TRLO0	XLON
1879	334.00	10:15:12	00070371996TRLO0	XLON
81	334.00	10:15:12	00070371995TRLO0	XLON
1273	335.50	10:45:45	00070373339TRLO0	XLON
1189	335.50	10:45:45	00070373338TRLO0	XLON
2132	335.50	10:45:45	00070373337TRLO0	XLON
680	335.50	10:45:45	00070373342TRLO0	XLON
803	335.50	10:45:45	00070373341TRLO0	XLON
1000	335.50	10:45:45	00070373340TRLO0	XLON
931	337.00	11:46:07	00070374583TRLO0	XLON
1144	337.00	11:46:07	00070374582TRLO0	XLON
1047	339.00	12:59:48	00070375929TRLO0	XLON
4482	339.00	12:59:48	00070375928TRLO0	XLON
1544	339.00	12:59:48	00070375927TRLO0	XLON
1164	339.00	12:59:48	00070375926TRLO0	XLON
2555	339.00	12:59:48	00070375925TRLO0	XLON
3017	339.00	12:59:48	00070375924TRLO0	XLON
754	339.00	12:59:48	00070375931TRLO0	XLON
1478	339.00	12:59:48	00070375930TRLO0	XLON
300	338.00	13:33:50	00070376672TRLO0	XLON
2026	338.00	13:33:50	00070376671TRLO0	XLON
1533	337.50	13:33:58	00070376675TRLO0	XLON
535	337.50	13:33:58	00070376674TRLO0	XLON
3008	336.50	14:03:50	00070377161TRLO0	XLON
2348	336.50	14:30:18	00070377708TRLO0	XLON
2142	336.50	14:30:18	00070377707TRLO0	XLON
1572	336.00	14:42:18	00070378116TRLO0	XLON
915	336.00	14:42:18	00070378115TRLO0	XLON
2542	336.00	14:51:18	00070378491TRLO0	XLON
1368	336.00	15:02:18	00070378862TRLO0	XLON
781	336.00	15:02:18	00070378863TRLO0	XLON
745	335.50	15:02:19	00070378866TRLO0	XLON
1489	335.50	15:02:19	00070378865TRLO0	XLON
2149	335.50	15:02:19	00070378864TRLO0	XLON
2396	335.50	15:20:30	00070379611TRLO0	XLON
1178	335.50	15:20:43	00070379617TRLO0	XLON
1200	335.50	15:20:43	00070379616TRLO0	XLON
850	335.50	15:20:43	00070379615TRLO0	XLON
1464	335.00	15:29:32	00070379904TRLO0	XLON
908	335.00	15:29:32	00070379903TRLO0	XLON
2202	335.50	15:57:30	00070380922TRLO0	XLON
825	335.50	16:04:58	00070381316TRLO0	XLON
246	335.50	16:04:58	00070381315TRLO0	XLON
1008	335.50	16:04:58	00070381314TRLO0	XLON
80	335.50	16:04:58	00070381313TRLO0	XLON
405	335.50	16:04:58	00070381312TRLO0	XLON
67	335.50	16:04:58	00070381311TRLO0	XLON
1300	335.50	16:04:58	00070381310TRLO0	XLON
875	335.50	16:04:58	00070381309TRLO0	XLON
1341	335.50	16:04:58	00070381308TRLO0	XLON
631	335.50	16:04:58	00070381307TRLO0	XLON
639	335.50	16:05:33	00070381350TRLO0	XLON
1372	335.50	16:05:33	00070381349TRLO0	XLON
228	335.50	16:05:33	00070381348TRLO0	XLON
818	335.50	16:10:43	00070381529TRLO0	XLON
125	335.50	16:10:43	00070381528TRLO0	XLON
1412	335.50	16:10:43	00070381527TRLO0	XLON
5180	335.50	16:35:05	00070382612TRLO0	XLON
2772	335.50	16:35:05	00070382611TRLO0	XLON
5777	335.50	16:35:05	00070382610TRLO0	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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