Form 8.3 - Ascential plc

Barclays PLC

02 October 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:				01 Oct 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:			9,635,777	4.71%	651,178	0.32%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			648,932	0.32%	9,274,711	4.53%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			10,284,709	5.02%	9,925,889	4.85%
(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		50,019		5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		26,008		5.6633  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		20,083		5.6555  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		15,970		5.6611  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		9,826		5.6578  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,630		5.6637  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		2,749		5.6547  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,876		5.6554  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,677		5.6650  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		966		5.6591  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		647		5.6553  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		630		5.6600  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		33		5.6577  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		57,373		5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		42,136		5.6567  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		8,716		5.6599  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		2,109		5.6600  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		1,771		5.6597  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		9		5.6650  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		69	5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		515	5.6554  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,136	5.6567  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,771	5.6597  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,210	5.6598  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		131	5.6599  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,146	5.6600  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	5.6650  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,913	5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		671	5.6554  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,826	5.6578  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		247	5.6593  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		497	5.6594  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,075	5.6600  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,970	5.6611  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,875	5.6625  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,008	5.6633  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,432	5.6650  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,696	5.6550  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:				02 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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