Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC

03 July 2024

 

3 July 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:	02/07/2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	30,927
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	343.75
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	350.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	346.59

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 203,731,655 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 203,731,655. 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
2112	344.85	08:24:47	00070481443TRLO0	XLON
2265	344.45	08:24:49	00070481447TRLO0	XLON
179	343.75	08:28:19	00070481533TRLO0	XLON
2344	345.00	08:45:49	00070482024TRLO0	XLON
1637	345.00	08:45:49	00070482023TRLO0	XLON
1050	345.00	08:45:49	00070482022TRLO0	XLON
64	345.90	08:49:00	00070482094TRLO0	XLON
943	346.00	08:49:00	00070482096TRLO0	XLON
455	346.00	08:49:00	00070482095TRLO0	XLON
2189	345.15	08:49:14	00070482104TRLO0	XLON
2098	345.00	08:50:36	00070482124TRLO0	XLON
175	344.65	09:02:18	00070482483TRLO0	XLON
47	344.65	09:02:18	00070482484TRLO0	XLON
300	344.65	09:02:18	00070482485TRLO0	XLON
174	345.50	09:23:32	00070483106TRLO0	XLON
975	345.60	09:23:32	00070483108TRLO0	XLON
946	345.60	09:23:32	00070483107TRLO0	XLON
941	346.00	09:27:13	00070483210TRLO0	XLON
322	346.00	09:27:13	00070483209TRLO0	XLON
2135	346.00	09:33:40	00070483281TRLO0	XLON
109	347.00	09:46:32	00070483494TRLO0	XLON
15	349.10	10:03:47	00070484054TRLO0	XLON
7	349.25	10:04:21	00070484062TRLO0	XLON
2320	349.50	10:04:52	00070484075TRLO0	XLON
1221	349.25	10:05:50	00070484091TRLO0	XLON
1100	349.25	10:05:50	00070484090TRLO0	XLON
2371	350.00	10:29:32	00070484469TRLO0	XLON
90	349.80	10:49:28	00070485094TRLO0	XLON
23	349.80	10:49:28	00070485093TRLO0	XLON
1717	350.00	10:49:28	00070485096TRLO0	XLON
603	350.00	10:49:28	00070485095TRLO0	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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