Form 8.3 - ASCENTIAL PLC

Barclays PLC

12 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:			09 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:				2,517,822	1.23%	500,959	0.25%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				371,741	0.18%	2,160,716	1.06%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,889,563	1.42%	2,661,675	1.31%
(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	245,639	5.6799  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	106,687	5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	54,399	5.6793  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	30,499	5.6791  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	24,203	5.6787  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	19,731	5.6797  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	15,648	5.6782  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	9,371	5.6795  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	8,918	5.6789  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	8,368	5.6783  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	4,210	5.6750  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	3,508	5.6796  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	3,078	5.6812  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	2,600	5.6794  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,394	5.6767  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,101	5.6805  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	580	5.6775  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	149,639	5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	43,495	5.6798  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	39,214	5.6797  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	15,200	5.6794  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	14,295	5.6700  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	5,632	5.6801  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	4,825	5.6775  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	4,320	5.6793  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	3,535	5.6750  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	3,016	5.6737  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	2,782	5.6817  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	2,739	5.6799  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,674	5.6758  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,049	5.6751  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,039	5.6850  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	13	5.6790  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	13,016	5.6793  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	60	5.6746  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Long	13	5.6792  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	2,100	5.6769  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	97,238	5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	84	5.6954  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	600	5.6791  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	100	5.6799  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	892	5.6750  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	208	5.6764  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,600	5.6794  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,295	5.6700  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,016	5.6737  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	581	5.6775  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	9,024	5.6789  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,499	5.6791  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,641	5.6799  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	57,832	5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	15,648	5.6782  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Long	1	5.6802  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	502	5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	502	5.6749  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	515	5.6764  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,183	5.6775  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	21,617	5.6794  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,839	5.6783  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	20,345	5.6787  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	37,959	5.6788  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	34,300	5.6800  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,455	5.6800  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:				12 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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