Form 8.3 - Ascential plc

Barclays PLC

29 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:			28 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:				4,721,414	2.31%	338,207	0.17%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				215,934	0.11%	4,333,120	2.12%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				4,937,348	2.42%	4,671,327	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	112,872	5.7252  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	15,532	5.7373  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	10,466	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	7,501	5.7247  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	6,926	5.7222  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	3,048	5.7240  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	2,666	5.7296  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	2,525	5.7336  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,709	5.7308  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	936	5.7249  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	481	5.7300  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	441	5.7224  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	100	5.7350  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	15,430	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	7,942	5.7248  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	7,027	5.7309  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,470	5.7300  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	936	5.7252  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	593	5.7352  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	518	5.7226  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	7,027	5.7309  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	8,818	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	11,052	5.7245  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	5,199	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	3,786	5.7298  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	80	5.7305  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	700	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	3,157	5.7257  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	64	5.7249  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	477	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,470	5.7300  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,062	5.7246  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	42,721	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,943	5.7303  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,532	5.7373  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	518	5.7226  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	470	5.7258  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,499	5.7249  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	26,423	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,666	5.7296  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,676	5.7314  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:				29 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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