Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC

25 June 2024

 

25 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:	24/06/2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	112,395
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	336.50
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	340.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	339.24

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 204,362,612 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 204,362,612. 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
513	338.00	08:17:25	00070383956TRLO0	XLON
2516	336.50	08:49:09	00070384505TRLO0	XLON
2344	338.00	09:16:11	00070385463TRLO0	XLON
1144	338.00	09:16:11	00070385465TRLO0	XLON
1100	338.00	09:16:11	00070385464TRLO0	XLON
2133	337.50	09:17:12	00070385474TRLO0	XLON
1468	339.00	09:29:24	00070385848TRLO0	XLON
40000	340.00	09:42:41	00070386149TRLO0	XLON
1931	339.00	09:42:46	00070386153TRLO0	XLON
447	339.00	09:42:46	00070386152TRLO0	XLON
1182	338.50	09:45:42	00070386197TRLO0	XLON
971	338.50	09:45:42	00070386198TRLO0	XLON
2455	338.00	10:11:00	00070386825TRLO0	XLON
24	337.50	10:41:47	00070387373TRLO0	XLON
1807	337.50	10:59:46	00070387702TRLO0	XLON
18914	339.50	12:10:33	00070388910TRLO0	XLON
8770	340.00	12:10:33	00070388912TRLO0	XLON
1000	340.00	12:10:33	00070388911TRLO0	XLON
980	340.00	12:10:33	00070388914TRLO0	XLON
4466	340.00	12:10:33	00070388913TRLO0	XLON
2142	338.50	14:24:32	00070391443TRLO0	XLON
2064	338.00	14:28:50	00070391527TRLO0	XLON
44	338.00	14:28:57	00070391530TRLO0	XLON
1931	338.50	15:08:28	00070393196TRLO0	XLON
883	338.50	15:08:28	00070393195TRLO0	XLON
1506	338.00	15:08:32	00070393199TRLO0	XLON
1103	338.00	15:10:21	00070393344TRLO0	XLON
873	338.00	15:10:21	00070393343TRLO0	XLON
1256	338.00	15:10:21	00070393345TRLO0	XLON
24	337.00	15:28:12	00070394192TRLO0	XLON
157	337.50	15:38:26	00070394645TRLO0	XLON
1968	337.50	15:38:26	00070394642TRLO0	XLON
2030	338.00	15:48:37	00070395372TRLO0	XLON
37	338.00	15:48:37	00070395371TRLO0	XLON
24	338.00	15:48:37	00070395370TRLO0	XLON
2164	338.00	15:52:25	00070395643TRLO0	XLON
24	338.00	16:14:17	00070397570TRLO0	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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