Form 8.3 - Ascential plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

21 August 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to section 2a and 2b
Replaces form released 15:28 on 25 July 2024
RNS number: 8996X
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1				KEY INFORMATION
(a)	Full name of discloser:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				ASCENTIAL PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				24-Jul-24
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				1.7p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
-1	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			1,377,557	0.67%	2,567,697	1.25%
-2	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,473,555	1.21%	1,135,472	0.55%
-3	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,851,112	1.88%	3,703,169	1.80%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		608,942		5.6314  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		361,161		5.6578  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		182,526		5.6200  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		147,228		5.6466  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		128,033		5.6387  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		119,837		5.6483  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		103,754		5.6346  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		85,552		5.6321  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		66,605		5.6197  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		57,560		5.6476  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		51,599		5.6462  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		51,591		5.6527  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		45,223		5.6506  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		37,870		5.6398  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		32,713		5.6337  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		31,926		5.6513  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		22,762		5.6469  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		17,498		5.6488  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		14,280		5.6400  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		9,187		5.6457  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		8,093		5.6495  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		7,795		5.6385  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		4,663		5.6600  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		4,572		5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		4,048		5.6421  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,710		5.6399  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,685		5.6526  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,460		5.6510  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,274		5.6362  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,942		5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,787		5.6519  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,626		5.6447  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,467		5.6618  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,461		5.6566  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,856		5.6502  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,538		5.6375  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,172		5.6512  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		854		5.6700  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		555		5.6475  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		452		5.6505  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		219		5.6484  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		218		5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		79		5.6364  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		35		5.6251  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		500,000		5.6171  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		347,402		5.6352  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		255,266		5.6422  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		178,857		5.6476  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		152,271		5.6216  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		99,000		5.6496  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		85,937		5.6279  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		60,140		5.6200  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		45,229		5.6371  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		43,228		5.6469  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		30,083		5.6494  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		26,528		5.6490  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		22,467		5.6432  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		22,459		5.6355  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		21,197		5.6489  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		16,439		5.6511  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		15,831		5.6475  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		11,236		5.6449  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		9,922		5.6403  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		7,077		5.6460  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		6,308		5.6481  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		5,528		5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		4,926		5.6457  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		4,663		5.6600  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		4,546		5.6461  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		4,240		5.6364  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		3,607		5.6414  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		2,942		5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		2,830		5.6300  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		2,787		5.6525  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		2,573		5.6386  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		2,252		5.6482  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		1,909		5.6400  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		860		5.6549  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		843		5.6202  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		270		5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		12		5.6657  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,407	5.6304  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		311,056	5.6488  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		27,282	5.6194  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		34,634	5.6200  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,718	5.6276  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,000	5.6295  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,122	5.6300  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,475	5.6399  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		15,000	5.6465  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,000	5.6466  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		21,197	5.6489  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		17,149	5.6490  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		901	5.6515  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		19,100	5.6200  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		32,713	5.6337  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		281	5.6453  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,394	5.6457  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		17,895	5.6476  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		149	5.6200  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,592	5.6557  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		35	5.6250  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,132	5.6473  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,400	5.6696  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		347,402	5.6352  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,664	5.6367  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		123,268	5.6200  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		213,171	5.6211  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,468	5.6447  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		354,236	5.6578  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		6,925	5.6578  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,000	5.6386  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		150,000	5.6171  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		38,376	5.6200  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27,626	5.6467  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,308	5.6481  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		99,000	5.6496  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		270	5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		82,011	5.6200  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		103,754	5.6346  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,645	5.6443  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,626	5.6447  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,172	5.6512  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		45,229	5.6371  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,467	5.6618  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		128,033	5.6387  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		39,665	5.6476  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		119,837	5.6483  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,796	5.6277  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	5.6355  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,662	5.6447  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,446	5.6557  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,459	5.6355  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		135	5.6458  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		350,000	5.6171  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		54,161	5.6474  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		112,852	5.6476  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		53,381	5.6200  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,452	5.6435  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		218	5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,180	5.6362  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				21-Aug-24
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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