Form 8.3 - ASCENTIAL PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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:			14 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:				3,666,670	1.80%	441,383	0.22%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				303,160	0.15%	3,297,268	1.62%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				3,969,830	1.95%	3,738,651	1.83%
(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	699,677	5.7028  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	118,877	5.7094  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	51,258	5.7039  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	39,025	5.7055  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	24,413	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	22,546	5.6997  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	17,859	5.7097  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	10,056	5.6989  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	7,010	5.7070  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	3,309	5.7000  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	2,508	5.6984  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,766	5.7150  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,688	5.6992  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,487	5.7072  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,375	5.7058  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,353	5.7037  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,305	5.6975  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	1,226	5.7141  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	819	5.7095  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	753	5.7175  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	741	5.7151  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	722	5.7021  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	233	5.7080  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Purchase	99	5.6925  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	73,523	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	11,684	5.7072  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	4,473	5.7152  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	3,294	5.7006  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	3,176	5.7026  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	2,059	5.7023  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	1,190	5.6976  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	853	5.6950  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	819	5.7101  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	805	5.7044  GBP
1.7p ordinary	Sale	34	5.6997  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	200	5.6900  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,819	5.7037  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	34,782	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	2,028	5.7003  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	1,451	5.7062  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	251	5.7071  GBP
1.7p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Long	17,447	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,487	5.7072  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	158	5.6965  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	694,475	5.7028  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,202	5.7028  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	853	5.6950  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	722	5.7021  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	39,025	5.7055  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	64,628	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,059	5.7023  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,557	5.7000  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	415	5.7040  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	741	5.7151  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	17	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	22,546	5.6997  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	48,904	5.7012  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	37,567	5.7100  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	58	5.7150  GBP
1.7p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,086	5.7050  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:				15 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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