Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC

12 July 2024

 

12 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:	11/07/2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	46,193
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	349.40
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	350.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	349.63

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 203,685,462 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 203,685,462. 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
1492	350.00	11:01:46	00070604835TRLO0	XLON
1282	350.00	11:01:46	00070604834TRLO0	XLON
1335	350.00	11:01:46	00070604833TRLO0	XLON
330	350.00	11:01:46	00070604832TRLO0	XLON
293	350.00	11:01:46	00070604831TRLO0	XLON
1476	350.00	11:01:46	00070604830TRLO0	XLON
708	350.00	11:01:46	00070604829TRLO0	XLON
392	350.00	11:01:46	00070604828TRLO0	XLON
1313	350.00	11:01:46	00070604827TRLO0	XLON
1100	350.00	11:01:46	00070604826TRLO0	XLON
441	350.00	11:01:46	00070604825TRLO0	XLON
1923	350.00	11:01:46	00070604824TRLO0	XLON
446	350.00	11:01:46	00070604823TRLO0	XLON
1062	350.00	11:01:46	00070604822TRLO0	XLON
2710	350.00	11:01:46	00070604836TRLO0	XLON
184	350.00	11:01:46	00070604837TRLO0	XLON
1844	349.60	12:03:15	00070606880TRLO0	XLON
198	349.60	12:03:16	00070606881TRLO0	XLON
854	349.60	12:03:26	00070606890TRLO0	XLON
73	349.60	12:03:27	00070606891TRLO0	XLON
835	349.60	12:03:27	00070606892TRLO0	XLON
570	349.60	12:03:31	00070606901TRLO0	XLON
332	349.60	12:05:07	00070606969TRLO0	XLON
9691	349.40	16:35:27	00070620227TRLO0	XLON
2608	349.40	16:35:27	00070620225TRLO0	XLON
12701	349.40	16:35:27	00070620226TRLO0	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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