Form 8.3 - ASCENTIAL PLC

Barclays PLC

02 August 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  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:			01 Aug 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:				1,778,443	0.87%	938,276	0.46%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				868,910	0.43%	1,570,380	0.77%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,647,353	1.30%	2,508,656	1.23%
(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	256,458	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	35,873	5.7097  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	25,287	5.7139  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	25,038	5.7078  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	20,846	5.7079  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	18,010	5.7103  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	17,165	5.7118  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	14,297	5.7109  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	10,839	5.7137  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	5,701	5.7054  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	4,100	5.7120  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	3,309	5.7110  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	3,054	5.7069  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	2,979	5.7102  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	2,742	5.7050  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	2,683	5.7060  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	2,018	5.7064  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,432	5.7094  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,206	5.7150  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,200	5.7098  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,116	5.7112  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	143,497	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	36,599	5.7101  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	10,115	5.7035  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	4,614	5.7092  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	4,448	5.7104  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	4,344	5.7050  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	3,826	5.7059  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	580	5.7105  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	541	5.7125  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	513	5.7051  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	481	5.7150  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	100	5.7099  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 Short	10,047	5.7094  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	27,187	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	166	5.7080  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	27,187	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	92	5.7109  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	4,108	5.7111  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	100	5.7099  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	600	5.7116  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	294	5.7049  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	1,165	5.7085  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	14,829	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,744	5.7109  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	306	5.7099  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,448	5.7104  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,200	5.7098  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,100	5.7120  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	102	5.7050  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	29,266	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,459	5.7090  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	81,304	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,287	5.7139  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,206	5.7150  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	10,115	5.7035  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	25,038	5.7078  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,527	5.7102  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	18,010	5.7103  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,116	5.7106  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	14,205	5.7109  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,309	5.7110  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	163	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	163	5.7049  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	674	5.7078  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	502	5.7050  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	53,061	5.7097  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	26,189	5.7087  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	59,909	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,165	5.7118  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,728	5.7100  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:				02 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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