Director/PDMR Shareholding

Ascential PLC
08 October 2024
 

Ascential plc (the "Company")

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibility

Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L) has received notification of the following transactions by its Chief Executive Officer, Philip Thomas, and its Chief Financial Officer, Mandy Gradden, following vesting of awards and exercise of options granted between 2020 and 2024 under various of the Company's share plans, the details of which are set out below.

1

Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Names

Philip Thomas

Mandy Gradden

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Director

b)

Initial/Amendment notification

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Ascential plc

b)

LEI

213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 1.7p

 

 

BQFH632

b)

Nature of the transaction

Shares acquired in satisfaction of the following options and awards:

-      2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 awards granted under the Performance Share Plan.

-      2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 awards and options granted under the Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.

-      2022 options granted under the Employee Savings Related Share Option Plan UK.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 Philip Thomas

Award

Price(s)(£)

Volume(s)

2023 Performance Share Plan

Nil

320,072

2024 Performance Share Plan

Nil

369,662

 

Mandy Gradden

Award

Price(s)(£)

Volume(s)

2020 Performance Share Plan

Nil

225,229

2022 Performance Share Plan

Nil

244,545

February 2023 Performance Share Plan

Nil

312,710

December 2023 Performance Share Plan

Nil

74,349

2024 Performance Share Plan

Nil

278,480

2022 Deferred Annual Bonus Plan

Nil

76,287

2023 Deferred Annual Bonus Plan

Nil

49,859

2024 Deferred Annual Bonus Plan

Nil

75,310

2022 Employee Savings Related Share Option Plan UK

1.81

6,629

d)

Aggregated information

 

-     Aggregated volume

 

-     Price

 

 

Philip Thomas: 689,734
Mandy Gradden: 1,343,398

Philip Thomas: N/A
Mandy Gradden: £11,998.49

e)

Date of the transaction

8 October 2024

f)

Place of the transaction

London

 

 

 

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