Form 8.3 - Ascential plc

Barclays PLC

24 July 2024

 

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:				23 Jul 2024
(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:			690,127	0.34%	2,294,344	1.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			2,106,618	1.03%	573,768	0.28%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,796,745	1.37%	2,868,112	1.41%
(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		500,000		4.4638  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		59,442		5.4000  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		33,075		4.4680  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		24,008		4.2817  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		18,686		4.4766  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		14,988		4.2918  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		10,763		4.2496  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		6,671		4.3966  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		6,665		4.4887  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		6,182		4.3920  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,767		4.4457  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,669		4.4681  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,383		4.5148  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,734		4.2829  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,396		4.5329  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,072		4.5354  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		709		3.6999  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		348		4.2400  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		333		4.5300  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		62		4.5250  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		335,303		4.4399  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		59,442		5.4000  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		42,410		4.4119  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		22,831		4.4248  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		19,096		4.4588  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		16,387		4.4819  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		14,762		4.3971  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		11,062		4.5103  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		8,730		4.1480  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		7,100		3.7107  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		5,879		4.4682  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		5,000		3.6680  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		5,000		4.5060  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		3,812		3.6798  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		3,068		4.5328  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		2,227		4.0916  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		1,500		4.5210  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		1,097		3.8202  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		753		4.4892  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		714		4.5099  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		588		3.7900  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		459		3.6860  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		281		3.6700  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		Opening Long		6,846	3.9136  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		5,386	4.1217  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		8,730	4.1480  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		75,000	4.5001  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		6,671	4.3966  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		33,075	4.4680  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9,700	3.6837  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		128,469	4.4350  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,062	4.5103  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,446	4.5132  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		105	3.6840  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9,300	3.8920  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		13,400	4.4988  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		281	3.6700  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		459	3.6860  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,313	4.1860  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,762	4.3971  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		140,873	4.4680  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,008	4.2817  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,058	4.3423  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		150,000	4.4638  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28	4.4680  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		714	4.5099  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		709	3.6999  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		23,000	4.3134  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,000	4.4684  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		216	4.0527  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,227	4.0917  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,100	4.2225  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		53,390	4.4680  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,763	4.2496  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,495	4.3389  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		350,000	4.4638  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		76	4.4680  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:				24 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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