Form 8.3 - Ascential plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

27 September 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3b Replaces form Released at 25/09/2024 15:33 RNS Number : 6729F
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:			24 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:				8,506,112	4.15%	707,317	0.35%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				735,959	0.36%	8,180,433	1.94%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				9,242,071	4.51%	8,887,750	2.29%
(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	150,210	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	22,253	5.6447  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	19,963	5.6454  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	19,744	5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	794	5.6453  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	24	5.6475  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	9	5.6444  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	144,558	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	4,196	5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,497	5.6449  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	800	5.6446  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	527	5.6475  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	503	5.6448  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	308	5.6474  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	72	5.6505  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	51	5.6468  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	Opening Short	100,000	5.6466  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	800	5.6446  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	503	5.6448  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,497	5.6449  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	28,722	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	308	5.6473  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	65	5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	29,834	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	19,963	5.6454  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,882	5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	34,941	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,097	5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	53,662	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	81	5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	381	5.6504  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:				27 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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