3 March 2020
Ascential plc
("the Company")
Transaction in own shares
Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L), the global specialist information company, announces that on 3 March 2020 it purchased through Numis Securities Limited the following number of its ordinary shares for Cancellation at an average price of 332.8282 pence per share:
Number of ordinarysharespurchased: |
200,000 |
Highest purchase price paidpershare: |
337.00p |
Lowest purchase price paidpershare: |
328.20p |
Following the above transaction, there are 402,224,977 ordinary shares of 1p each of Ascential plc in issue. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this disclosure.
Therefore the above figure (402,224,977) can be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to, their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Numis Securities Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.
Enquiries:
Louise Meads, Company Secretary +44 (0) 20 7516 5042
Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions
Number of shares |
Transaction price |
Time of transaction |
Execution venue |
986 |
330.4 |
08:10:13 |
XLON |
975 |
330.4 |
08:10:13 |
XLON |
345 |
331.0 |
08:11:21 |
XLON |
4282 |
335.0 |
08:13:29 |
XLON |
500 |
335.0 |
08:13:29 |
XLON |
600 |
335.0 |
08:13:29 |
XLON |
177 |
335.0 |
08:13:29 |
XLON |
1186 |
334.8 |
08:13:29 |
XLON |
938 |
333.6 |
08:14:33 |
XLON |
218 |
331.2 |
08:19:01 |
XLON |
992 |
334.2 |
08:27:41 |
XLON |
66 |
334.0 |
08:27:41 |
XLON |
997 |
334.2 |
08:27:41 |
XLON |
600 |
336.6 |
08:29:21 |
XLON |
1200 |
336.6 |
08:29:21 |
XLON |
600 |
336.6 |
08:29:21 |
XLON |
878 |
336.6 |
08:29:21 |
XLON |
220 |
336.2 |
08:30:00 |
XLON |
718 |
336.2 |
08:30:00 |
XLON |
1103 |
335.8 |
08:30:00 |
XLON |
58 |
335.8 |
08:30:51 |
XLON |
840 |
335.8 |
08:30:51 |
XLON |
144 |
335.8 |
08:30:51 |
XLON |
916 |
335.6 |
08:33:09 |
XLON |
883 |
335.2 |
08:33:09 |
XLON |
490 |
331.4 |
09:08:00 |
XLON |
295 |
331.4 |
09:08:00 |
XLON |
65 |
331.4 |
09:08:00 |
XLON |
99 |
331.4 |
09:08:00 |
XLON |
874 |
331.6 |
09:11:36 |
XLON |
600 |
331.2 |
09:11:37 |
XLON |
349 |
331.2 |
09:11:37 |
XLON |
1041 |
331.2 |
09:11:37 |
XLON |
567 |
333.6 |
09:16:24 |
XLON |
428 |
333.6 |
09:16:24 |
XLON |
1101 |
333.2 |
09:17:01 |
XLON |
600 |
333.0 |
09:22:51 |
XLON |
364 |
333.0 |
09:22:51 |
XLON |
600 |
332.6 |
09:22:55 |
XLON |
642 |
332.6 |
09:22:55 |
XLON |
1019 |
332.2 |
09:23:09 |
XLON |
305 |
334.0 |
09:36:50 |
XLON |
265 |
334.0 |
09:36:50 |
XLON |
222 |
334.0 |
09:36:50 |
XLON |
83 |
334.0 |
09:36:50 |
XLON |
981 |
335.2 |
09:37:56 |
XLON |
915 |
335.2 |
09:38:16 |
XLON |
117 |
335.2 |
09:39:16 |
XLON |
206 |
335.2 |
09:39:16 |
XLON |
243 |
335.2 |
09:39:16 |
XLON |
51 |
335.2 |
09:39:16 |
XLON |
364 |
335.2 |
09:39:16 |
XLON |
400 |
335.0 |
09:39:18 |
XLON |
331 |
334.4 |
09:40:07 |
XLON |
638 |
334.4 |
09:40:07 |
XLON |
635 |
334.4 |
09:54:04 |
XLON |
301 |
334.4 |
09:54:04 |
XLON |
874 |
334.4 |
09:54:04 |
XLON |
1039 |
333.8 |
09:54:08 |
XLON |
600 |
332.0 |
09:59:18 |
XLON |
90 |
332.0 |
09:59:18 |
XLON |
337 |
332.0 |
09:59:18 |
XLON |
367 |
332.2 |
10:03:56 |
XLON |
556 |
332.2 |
10:03:56 |
XLON |
152 |
332.4 |
10:03:56 |
XLON |
375 |
331.8 |
10:05:10 |
XLON |
500 |
331.8 |
10:05:10 |
XLON |
148 |
331.8 |
10:05:10 |
XLON |
996 |
331.2 |
10:06:29 |
XLON |
19 |
333.8 |
10:17:10 |
XLON |
28 |
333.8 |
10:17:10 |
XLON |
400 |
334.4 |
10:17:45 |
XLON |
441 |
334.4 |
10:17:45 |
XLON |
260 |
334.4 |
10:17:45 |
XLON |
486 |
334.4 |
10:18:26 |
XLON |
719 |
335.4 |
10:19:56 |
XLON |
302 |
335.4 |
10:19:56 |
XLON |
1043 |
335.2 |
10:20:00 |
XLON |
400 |
335.4 |
10:20:00 |
XLON |
18 |
335.0 |
10:20:09 |
XLON |
1056 |
335.0 |
10:20:09 |
XLON |
115 |
334.6 |
10:35:14 |
XLON |
867 |
334.6 |
10:35:14 |
XLON |
150 |
335.2 |
10:45:43 |
XLON |
1050 |
336.2 |
10:48:37 |
XLON |
127 |
336.4 |
10:49:30 |
XLON |
865 |
336.4 |
10:49:30 |
XLON |
400 |
336.6 |
10:49:30 |
XLON |
363 |
336.6 |
10:49:30 |
XLON |
183 |
336.6 |
10:49:30 |
XLON |
945 |
336.8 |
10:54:56 |
XLON |
985 |
337.0 |
10:56:43 |
XLON |
906 |
336.8 |
10:58:00 |
XLON |
980 |
335.2 |
11:00:48 |
XLON |
892 |
335.0 |
11:08:35 |
XLON |
200 |
334.8 |
11:08:35 |
XLON |
600 |
334.8 |
11:08:35 |
XLON |
123 |
334.8 |
11:08:35 |
XLON |
400 |
334.4 |
11:08:36 |
XLON |
530 |
334.4 |
11:08:36 |
XLON |
62 |
334.0 |
11:12:15 |
XLON |
600 |
334.0 |
11:12:18 |
XLON |
221 |
334.0 |
11:12:18 |
XLON |
1059 |
334.8 |
11:25:00 |
XLON |
895 |
334.8 |
11:25:00 |
XLON |
1026 |
334.8 |
11:26:26 |
XLON |
246 |
336.0 |
11:28:23 |
XLON |
922 |
336.6 |
11:29:16 |
XLON |
500 |
336.0 |
11:29:30 |
XLON |
500 |
336.0 |
11:29:30 |
XLON |
47 |
336.0 |
11:29:30 |
XLON |
531 |
335.8 |
11:29:35 |
XLON |
531 |
335.8 |
11:29:35 |
XLON |
1000 |
335.2 |
11:35:50 |
XLON |
1016 |
335.0 |
11:40:28 |
XLON |
800 |
335.0 |
11:41:55 |
XLON |
198 |
335.0 |
11:41:55 |
XLON |
921 |
334.8 |
11:44:12 |
XLON |
1000 |
334.8 |
11:54:58 |
XLON |
27 |
334.8 |
11:54:58 |
XLON |
341 |
335.4 |
12:06:06 |
XLON |
500 |
335.4 |
12:06:06 |
XLON |
235 |
335.4 |
12:06:06 |
XLON |
915 |
335.2 |
12:06:06 |
XLON |
52 |
335.2 |
12:06:06 |
XLON |
906 |
334.4 |
12:21:06 |
XLON |
881 |
334.4 |
12:23:06 |
XLON |
888 |
334.2 |
12:23:07 |
XLON |
917 |
333.8 |
12:23:09 |
XLON |
470 |
333.2 |
12:27:11 |
XLON |
402 |
333.2 |
12:27:11 |
XLON |
890 |
333.2 |
12:33:33 |
XLON |
311 |
333.0 |
12:33:41 |
XLON |
718 |
333.0 |
12:33:41 |
XLON |
792 |
332.0 |
12:36:32 |
XLON |
120 |
332.0 |
12:36:32 |
XLON |
118 |
331.6 |
12:44:19 |
XLON |
864 |
331.6 |
12:44:23 |
XLON |
1052 |
331.2 |
12:48:12 |
XLON |
1052 |
330.6 |
12:52:40 |
XLON |
533 |
331.6 |
13:00:13 |
XLON |
340 |
331.6 |
13:00:13 |
XLON |
340 |
331.6 |
13:00:13 |
XLON |
268 |
331.2 |
13:05:33 |
XLON |
742 |
331.2 |
13:05:33 |
XLON |
994 |
330.8 |
13:14:38 |
XLON |
400 |
331.0 |
13:17:49 |
XLON |
163 |
331.0 |
13:17:49 |
XLON |
933 |
330.6 |
13:17:49 |
XLON |
925 |
330.6 |
13:19:49 |
XLON |
1116 |
330.2 |
13:20:05 |
XLON |
400 |
330.8 |
13:25:16 |
XLON |
100 |
331.6 |
13:28:12 |
XLON |
855 |
331.6 |
13:28:12 |
XLON |
1000 |
331.6 |
13:29:58 |
XLON |
938 |
331.4 |
13:29:58 |
XLON |
400 |
331.6 |
13:32:05 |
XLON |
112 |
331.6 |
13:32:05 |
XLON |
600 |
331.6 |
13:34:49 |
XLON |
488 |
331.6 |
13:34:49 |
XLON |
93 |
331.4 |
13:36:02 |
XLON |
932 |
331.4 |
13:36:02 |
XLON |
350 |
331.2 |
13:38:20 |
XLON |
646 |
331.2 |
13:38:20 |
XLON |
1081 |
330.4 |
13:43:10 |
XLON |
911 |
331.0 |
13:45:29 |
XLON |
668 |
331.4 |
13:50:08 |
XLON |
254 |
331.4 |
13:50:08 |
XLON |
908 |
331.2 |
13:50:15 |
XLON |
952 |
332.0 |
13:56:24 |
XLON |
400 |
332.0 |
13:57:27 |
XLON |
212 |
332.0 |
13:57:28 |
XLON |
985 |
332.4 |
13:59:06 |
XLON |
197 |
332.2 |
13:59:10 |
XLON |
679 |
332.2 |
13:59:10 |
XLON |
27 |
332.6 |
14:03:16 |
XLON |
500 |
332.6 |
14:03:34 |
XLON |
418 |
332.6 |
14:03:34 |
XLON |
400 |
332.6 |
14:03:34 |
XLON |
293 |
332.6 |
14:03:34 |
XLON |
1060 |
333.2 |
14:06:18 |
XLON |
533 |
333.2 |
14:07:46 |
XLON |
439 |
333.2 |
14:07:46 |
XLON |
400 |
333.2 |
14:07:46 |
XLON |
829 |
333.2 |
14:07:46 |
XLON |
210 |
333.2 |
14:07:46 |
XLON |
677 |
333.2 |
14:07:46 |
XLON |
179 |
333.0 |
14:12:18 |
XLON |
600 |
333.0 |
14:12:18 |
XLON |
194 |
333.0 |
14:12:18 |
XLON |
400 |
333.0 |
14:12:18 |
XLON |
581 |
333.0 |
14:14:20 |
XLON |
370 |
333.0 |
14:14:20 |
XLON |
673 |
333.4 |
14:17:16 |
XLON |
600 |
334.0 |
14:18:58 |
XLON |
456 |
334.0 |
14:18:58 |
XLON |
400 |
334.4 |
14:21:30 |
XLON |
56 |
334.4 |
14:21:30 |
XLON |
600 |
334.4 |
14:22:14 |
XLON |
385 |
334.4 |
14:22:14 |
XLON |
533 |
334.6 |
14:23:48 |
XLON |
341 |
334.6 |
14:23:48 |
XLON |
869 |
334.4 |
14:24:07 |
XLON |
413 |
334.6 |
14:24:07 |
XLON |
1043 |
334.4 |
14:27:07 |
XLON |
656 |
334.0 |
14:27:40 |
XLON |
392 |
334.0 |
14:30:06 |
XLON |
54 |
334.0 |
14:30:06 |
XLON |
600 |
334.0 |
14:30:20 |
XLON |
239 |
334.0 |
14:30:20 |
XLON |
293 |
334.0 |
14:30:20 |
XLON |
600 |
334.0 |
14:30:20 |
XLON |
51 |
334.0 |
14:30:20 |
XLON |
173 |
332.6 |
14:34:12 |
XLON |
600 |
332.6 |
14:34:12 |
XLON |
178 |
332.6 |
14:34:12 |
XLON |
782 |
332.4 |
14:35:38 |
XLON |
238 |
332.4 |
14:35:38 |
XLON |
100 |
332.0 |
14:36:04 |
XLON |
500 |
332.0 |
14:36:04 |
XLON |
516 |
332.0 |
14:36:04 |
XLON |
221 |
331.6 |
14:41:46 |
XLON |
399 |
331.6 |
14:41:46 |
XLON |
317 |
331.6 |
14:41:46 |
XLON |
283 |
331.6 |
14:41:46 |
XLON |
794 |
332.8 |
14:43:58 |
XLON |
82 |
332.8 |
14:44:03 |
XLON |
885 |
332.6 |
14:44:09 |
XLON |
1010 |
332.6 |
14:44:09 |
XLON |
400 |
332.6 |
14:44:15 |
XLON |
289 |
332.6 |
14:45:26 |
XLON |
395 |
332.4 |
14:45:26 |
XLON |
329 |
332.4 |
14:45:35 |
XLON |
359 |
332.4 |
14:45:35 |
XLON |
767 |
332.0 |
14:48:39 |
XLON |
120 |
332.0 |
14:48:39 |
XLON |
593 |
331.6 |
14:49:11 |
XLON |
444 |
331.6 |
14:49:11 |
XLON |
290 |
330.4 |
14:52:32 |
XLON |
500 |
330.4 |
14:52:32 |
XLON |
234 |
330.4 |
14:52:32 |
XLON |
48 |
330.4 |
14:53:28 |
XLON |
1023 |
330.6 |
14:56:10 |
XLON |
74 |
330.0 |
14:57:22 |
XLON |
1078 |
330.0 |
14:57:22 |
XLON |
400 |
330.6 |
14:58:48 |
XLON |
469 |
330.6 |
14:58:48 |
XLON |
500 |
330.4 |
14:59:10 |
XLON |
483 |
330.4 |
14:59:10 |
XLON |
364 |
332.8 |
15:02:43 |
XLON |
526 |
332.8 |
15:02:43 |
XLON |
1031 |
332.8 |
15:02:43 |
XLON |
900 |
333.0 |
15:04:32 |
XLON |
156 |
333.0 |
15:05:39 |
XLON |
857 |
333.0 |
15:05:39 |
XLON |
952 |
332.6 |
15:07:10 |
XLON |
898 |
332.2 |
15:07:10 |
XLON |
1083 |
329.0 |
15:12:06 |
XLON |
1197 |
328.6 |
15:13:20 |
XLON |
17 |
328.6 |
15:13:20 |
XLON |
816 |
328.2 |
15:13:20 |
XLON |
75 |
328.2 |
15:13:20 |
XLON |
991 |
330.2 |
15:18:48 |
XLON |
1006 |
329.8 |
15:19:09 |
XLON |
59 |
329.8 |
15:19:09 |
XLON |
780 |
330.0 |
15:21:04 |
XLON |
179 |
330.0 |
15:21:04 |
XLON |
41 |
330.0 |
15:21:04 |
XLON |
533 |
329.8 |
15:21:08 |
XLON |
158 |
329.8 |
15:21:08 |
XLON |
269 |
329.8 |
15:21:19 |
XLON |
1026 |
329.8 |
15:21:19 |
XLON |
1002 |
331.0 |
15:25:18 |
XLON |
628 |
330.6 |
15:25:30 |
XLON |
458 |
330.6 |
15:25:30 |
XLON |
874 |
331.2 |
15:28:55 |
XLON |
1041 |
331.2 |
15:28:55 |
XLON |
351 |
331.0 |
15:28:55 |
XLON |
594 |
331.0 |
15:28:55 |
XLON |
882 |
330.6 |
15:29:47 |
XLON |
188 |
330.4 |
15:29:51 |
XLON |
500 |
330.4 |
15:29:51 |
XLON |
253 |
330.4 |
15:29:51 |
XLON |
889 |
330.2 |
15:34:07 |
XLON |
1058 |
330.2 |
15:34:07 |
XLON |
969 |
330.0 |
15:34:46 |
XLON |
960 |
330.6 |
15:39:08 |
XLON |
400 |
330.6 |
15:39:08 |
XLON |
636 |
330.6 |
15:39:08 |
XLON |
765 |
330.6 |
15:39:08 |
XLON |
280 |
330.6 |
15:39:08 |
XLON |
600 |
330.6 |
15:42:08 |
XLON |
322 |
330.6 |
15:42:08 |
XLON |
939 |
330.6 |
15:43:08 |
XLON |
686 |
330.6 |
15:43:08 |
XLON |
966 |
330.8 |
15:44:10 |
XLON |
274 |
331.8 |
15:46:40 |
XLON |
660 |
331.8 |
15:46:40 |
XLON |
967 |
331.8 |
15:47:22 |
XLON |
1045 |
331.8 |
15:47:23 |
XLON |
875 |
331.6 |
15:47:34 |
XLON |
156 |
331.4 |
15:47:36 |
XLON |
187 |
331.4 |
15:47:36 |
XLON |
591 |
331.4 |
15:47:36 |
XLON |
949 |
331.4 |
15:50:36 |
XLON |
1004 |
331.4 |
15:53:36 |
XLON |
1145 |
331.4 |
15:53:36 |
XLON |
196 |
332.4 |
15:55:01 |
XLON |
797 |
332.4 |
15:55:01 |
XLON |
192 |
332.8 |
15:55:47 |
XLON |
500 |
332.8 |
15:55:47 |
XLON |
305 |
332.8 |
15:55:47 |
XLON |
877 |
332.6 |
15:55:47 |
XLON |
500 |
333.0 |
15:57:45 |
XLON |
431 |
333.0 |
15:57:45 |
XLON |
400 |
333.0 |
15:57:45 |
XLON |
146 |
333.0 |
15:57:45 |
XLON |
1003 |
333.2 |
15:59:30 |
XLON |
101 |
333.0 |
15:59:30 |
XLON |
500 |
333.2 |
16:01:07 |
XLON |
500 |
333.2 |
16:01:07 |
XLON |
23 |
333.2 |
16:01:07 |
XLON |
788 |
333.0 |
16:01:07 |
XLON |
400 |
333.2 |
16:01:07 |
XLON |
600 |
333.2 |
16:01:07 |
XLON |
799 |
333.2 |
16:01:07 |
XLON |
870 |
332.6 |
16:03:09 |
XLON |
38 |
332.6 |
16:03:09 |
XLON |
87 |
332.6 |
16:04:09 |
XLON |
881 |
332.6 |
16:04:09 |
XLON |
1086 |
332.4 |
16:04:40 |
XLON |
344 |
332.0 |
16:05:45 |
XLON |
813 |
332.0 |
16:05:45 |
XLON |
400 |
332.0 |
16:08:36 |
XLON |
38 |
332.0 |
16:08:36 |
XLON |
347 |
332.0 |
16:08:36 |
XLON |
870 |
332.0 |
16:08:36 |
XLON |
184 |
332.0 |
16:08:36 |
XLON |
842 |
331.4 |
16:10:12 |
XLON |
198 |
331.4 |
16:10:12 |
XLON |
1 |
332.2 |
16:15:22 |
XLON |
485 |
332.2 |
16:15:22 |
XLON |
150 |
332.2 |
16:15:22 |
XLON |
4815 |
332.4 |
16:15:22 |
XLON |
533 |
332.4 |
16:16:10 |
XLON |
450 |
332.4 |
16:16:10 |
XLON |
406 |
332.6 |
16:16:49 |
XLON |
579 |
332.6 |
16:16:49 |
XLON |
1048 |
332.4 |
16:17:04 |
XLON |
704 |
332.2 |
16:17:46 |
XLON |
587 |
331.6 |
16:18:11 |
XLON |