Form 8.3 - Ascential plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

10 September 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3b Replaces form Released at 09/09/2024 15:05 RNS Number : 4730D
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  relevant securities this form relates:			ASCENTIAL PLC
(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:			06 Sep 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				6,874,639	3.36%	610,017	0.30%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				631,929	0.31%	6,651,334	3.25%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				7,506,568	3.67%	7,261,351	3.55%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	634,181	5.6978  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	156,779	5.6969  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	71,963	5.6901  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	26,181	5.6900  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	17,851	5.6897  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	13,524	5.7000  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	11,664	5.6967  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	11,586	5.6950  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	3,957	5.6913  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	3,435	5.6962  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	2,064	5.6944  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	565	5.6925  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	483	5.6894  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	400	5.6954  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	300	5.6949  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	10	5.6910  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1	5.6919  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	220,071	5.6900  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	43,659	5.6888  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	10,146	5.6950  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	10,050	5.6908  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	2,693	5.6912  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	2,395	5.6933  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	2,215	5.6951  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,710	5.6906  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	575	5.6926  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	33	5.6925  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,872	5.6914  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,087	5.6915  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	43,659	5.6888  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	171,514	5.6900  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,710	5.6906  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,050	5.6908  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,693	5.6912  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	575	5.6926  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,395	5.6933  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,057	5.6944  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,716	5.6950  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	50,135	5.6900  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,337	5.6938  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,845	5.6950  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	884	5.6954  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,435	5.6962  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,664	5.6967  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	156,779	5.6969  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	634,181	5.6978  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13,524	5.7000  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	10,473	5.6900  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	19,155	5.6900  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,929	5.6923  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	81	5.7004  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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 person 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:				10 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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