Form 8.3 - Ascential plc

Barclays PLC

12 September 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:				11 Sep 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:			7,362,390	3.60%	528,497	0.26%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			542,173	0.26%	7,128,948	3.48%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,904,563	3.86%	7,657,445	3.74%
(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		188,237		5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		172,207		5.6413  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		131,514		5.6384  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		80,108		5.6436  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		43,142		5.6447  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		20,742		5.6403  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		16,148		5.6400  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		11,095		5.6411  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		9,654		5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		9,079		5.6402  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		6,479		5.6475  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		4,292		5.6432  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,532		5.6357  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,525		5.6425  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,196		5.6389  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,735		5.6470  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		17		5.6405  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		209,497		5.6489  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		59,479		5.6388  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		41,045		5.6350  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		27,896		5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		23,394		5.6495  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		21,889		5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		17,647		5.6438  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		6,958		5.6400  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		6,479		5.6475  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		6,165		5.6421  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		2,165		5.6373  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		1,113		5.6399  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		665		5.6424  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		500		5.6396  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		6		5.6408  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		Decreasing Short		2,165	5.6373  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59,479	5.6388  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		500	5.6396  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,113	5.6399  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,963	5.6400  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,500	5.6436  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,647	5.6438  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,707	5.6400  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		237	5.6404  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,700	5.6410  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,095	5.6411  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		92,928	5.6413  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		79,279	5.6414  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	5.6416  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		381	5.6417  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,292	5.6432  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,346	5.6439  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,983	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,796	5.6486  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		27,889	5.6450  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		21,889	5.6500  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		38,819	5.6397  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		234	5.6453  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		328	5.6505  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:				12 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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