Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC

15 July 2024

 

15 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:	12/07/2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	10,341
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	349.40
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	350.00
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	349.77

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 203,675,121 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 203,675,121. 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
308	349.40	08:30:03	00070621439TRLO0	XLON
2259	349.40	08:30:03	00070621440TRLO0	XLON
957	349.40	08:30:03	00070621441TRLO0	XLON
1145	350.00	09:00:20	00070622220TRLO0	XLON
1301	350.00	09:00:20	00070622221TRLO0	XLON
136	350.00	09:00:20	00070622222TRLO0	XLON
1330	350.00	09:00:20	00070622223TRLO0	XLON
1336	350.00	09:00:20	00070622224TRLO0	XLON
1127	349.80	09:00:23	00070622225TRLO0	XLON
423	349.80	09:00:23	00070622226TRLO0	XLON
19	350.00	11:14:06	00070624496TRLO0	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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