Form 8.3 - Ascential plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

09 October 2024

 

FORM 8.3 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment to 2a and 3b
Replaces form Released at 26/09/2024 08:15 RNS Number : 7894F
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:			20-Sep-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:				8,327,841	3.95%	673,232	0.32%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				809,091	0.38%	8,119,253	3.85%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
				9,136,932	4.33%	8,792,485	4.17%
TOTAL:
(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	Purchase/sale	Number of	Price per unit
security		securities
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	634,005	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	73,996	5.6462  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	45,147	5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	29,298	5.6453  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	18,902	5.6447  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	2,931	5.6475  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	489	5.6469  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	343,451	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	200,523	5.6438  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	8,518	5.6491  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	2,192	5.6448  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	700	5.6503  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	488	5.6475  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant			reference	unit
security			securities
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	200,523	5.6438  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,192	5.6448  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	112,630	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	435,075	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,989	5.6453  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	318	5.6454  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	73,996	5.6462  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	39,560	5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	90,715	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	39,693	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	624	5.6454  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 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:				09 Oct 24
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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