Form 8.3 - ASCENTIAL PLC

Barclays PLC
31 July 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:

30 Jul 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:

1,589,015

0.78%

1,331,502

0.65%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

1,215,023

0.60%

1,403,237

0.69%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

2,804,038

1.38%

2,734,739

1.34%

(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

127,053

5.6939  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

125,893

5.7174  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

106,621

5.7200  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

63,378

5.6963  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

58,354

5.6917  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

54,986

5.6921  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

49,189

5.6876  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

16,975

5.6904  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

15,394

5.6926  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

15,181

5.6884  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

14,716

5.6900  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

11,900

5.6894  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

10,974

5.6947  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

10,555

5.7197  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

9,867

5.7097  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

9,145

5.6950  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

8,966

5.6869  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

7,569

5.6877  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

6,948

5.7000  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

5,885

5.6888  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

5,455

5.6889  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

5,203

5.6850  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

4,769

5.6882  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

3,996

5.6822  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

3,700

5.6940  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

3,350

5.6951  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

3,124

5.6919  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

2,915

5.6915  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

2,510

5.6863  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

2,301

5.7002  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

2,262

5.7093  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

1,969

5.6887  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

1,729

5.6880  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

1,699

5.6912  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

1,657

5.6913  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

1,555

5.6750  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

1,461

5.6903  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

1,152

5.6800  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

973

5.6875  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

917

5.6975  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

695

5.6922  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

336

5.6906  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

90

5.6942  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

117,292

5.7200  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

89,248

5.7131  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

86,529

5.6948  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

16,862

5.6920  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

10,015

5.6950  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

8,945

5.6937  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

8,773

5.6933  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

8,107

5.6903  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

8,031

5.6882  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

7,449

5.6789  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

7,333

5.6919  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

6,948

5.7000  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

5,492

5.6900  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

4,930

5.6913  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

3,824

5.6902  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

3,734

5.6872  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

3,058

5.6841  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

2,912

5.7002  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

2,816

5.6975  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

2,201

5.6850  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

1,864

5.6909  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

1,546

5.6807  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

1,309

5.7188  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

1,070

5.6750  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

800

5.6846  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

500

5.6800  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

100

5.6899  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

90

5.6947  GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

7

5.6921  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 Long

1,000

5.6880  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,824

5.6898  GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

387

5.6816  GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3,495

5.7003  GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

8,000

5.7194  GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,830

5.7200  GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

166

5.6854  GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

336

5.6906  GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,324

5.6939  GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

40,930

5.7200  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

700

5.6873  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

100

5.6899  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

904

5.6877  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

800

5.6846  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

278

5.6876  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,700

5.6940  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,449

5.6789  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,546

5.6807  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

578

5.6975  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

21,944

5.7143  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

53,395

5.6889  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,461

5.6903  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

63,378

5.6963  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

339

5.6975  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

44,063

5.7199  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,908

5.6915  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

847

5.6851  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,900

5.6890  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

58,354

5.6917  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

24,522

5.6921  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,394

5.6926  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,350

5.6951  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,301

5.7002  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

45,000

5.6887  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

503

5.7200  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

503

5.6877  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

539

5.6881  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,238

5.6975  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

36,306

5.7172  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,369

5.6884  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,124

5.6919  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

30,464

5.6921  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

30,836

5.7200  GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,747

5.7200  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:

31 Jul 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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