Form 8.3 - Ascential plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

21 August 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to section 2a and 3b
Replaces form released 15:21 on 29 July 2024
RNS number: 2609Y
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:				26-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:			1,724,112	0.84%	2,075,043	1.01%
-2	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,994,612	0.97%	1,470,069	0.72%
-3	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,718,724	1.81%	3,545,112	1.74%
(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		352,461		5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		209,710		5.6790  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		49,765		5.6689  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		36,796		5.6711  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		35,952		5.6746  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		28,692		5.6682  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		22,127		5.6684  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		17,890		5.6740  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		16,741		5.6719  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		16,127		5.6801  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		15,807		5.6797  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		11,196		5.6715  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		10,562		5.6722  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		6,469		5.6650  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		5,751		5.6707  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		5,498		5.6652  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		5,249		5.6768  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		4,415		5.6718  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,971		5.6678  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,881		5.6732  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,518		5.6725  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,908		5.6584  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,683		5.6750  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,672		5.6673  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,225		5.6680  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,835		5.6766  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,725		5.6783  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,692		5.6669  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,609		5.6744  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,506		5.6734  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		803		5.6775  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		500		5.6629  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		7		5.6794  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		4		5.6600  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		223,803		5.6799  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		174,611		5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		166,199		5.6793  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		24,640		5.6695  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		23,759		5.6704  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		9,454		5.6651  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		8,978		5.6788  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		6,128		5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		5,400		5.6679  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		4,688		5.6668  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		4,175		5.6712  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		4,007		5.6750  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		1,957		5.6700  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		938		5.6575  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		238		5.6722  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		4		5.6605  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		Increasing Long		800	5.6700  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,415	5.6654  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		84,010	5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		166	5.6504  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		49,334	5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		328	5.6691  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,296	5.6614  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,600	5.6746  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,800	5.6546  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,640	5.6695  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,759	5.6704  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,978	5.6788  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		808	5.6650  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,128	5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,175	5.6712  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		43,989	5.6794  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,225	5.6680  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,973	5.6685  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		36,796	5.6711  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		48,457	5.6719  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,249	5.6768  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		63,203	5.6796  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,562	5.6722  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,971	5.6678  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,127	5.6684  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49,765	5.6689  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,751	5.6707  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,087	5.6743  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,578	5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		641	5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		724	5.6614  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,435	5.6648  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		16,127	5.6801  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		598	5.6750  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		43,518	5.6795  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,383	5.6650  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		52,075	5.6707  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,196	5.6715  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,506	5.6734  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51,750	5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,528	5.6750  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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