Form 8.3 - Ascential plc

Barclays PLC

30 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:			29 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:				4,884,453	2.39%	433,218	0.21%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				321,337	0.16%	4,505,767	2.21%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				5,205,790	2.55%	4,938,985	2.42%
(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	104,041	5.7202  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	28,837	5.7284  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	27,981	5.7203  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	21,420	5.7286  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	18,481	5.7200  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	15,267	5.7198  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	13,650	5.7206  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	11,918	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	7,878	5.7238  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	7,070	5.7252  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	5,641	5.7235  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	4,116	5.7261  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	3,484	5.7243  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,313	5.7260  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	973	5.7258  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	536	5.7300  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	16	5.7309  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	95,251	5.7206  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	71,538	5.7200  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	24,927	5.7214  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	5,099	5.7252  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	2,385	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,840	5.7235  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,800	5.7201  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,723	5.7280  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	31	5.7275  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	10,986	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	27,877	5.7200  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	15,833	5.7200  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	7,779	5.7216  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	552	5.7252  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	80	5.7305  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	16	5.7312  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	110,493	5.7200  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6,495	5.7229  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	130	5.7249  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,800	5.7201  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,840	5.7235  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,880	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	53,928	5.7200  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	973	5.7258  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,328	5.7263  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	28,837	5.7284  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	255	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	265	5.7250  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	26,997	5.7200  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	53,388	5.7219  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,567	5.7264  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,697	5.7286  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:				30 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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