Transaction in Own Shares

Ascential PLC
11 June 2024
 

 

11 June 2024

Ascential plc

Transaction in own shares

Ascential plc ("Ascential" or the "Company"), announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 4 April 2024 ("Share Buyback Programme") and subsequently updated, as highlighted in the Company's announcement on 20 May 2024, the Company purchased the following number of its Ordinary 1.7p Shares ("Ordinary Shares") through Numis Securities Limited ("Deutsche Numis").

Date of purchase:

10/06/2024

Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

61,721

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

                     332.50

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

                     335.00

Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):

334.60

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 205,843,952 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 205,843,952. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), as it forms part of Retained EU Law as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Deutsche Numis as part of the Share Buyback Programme.

Individual transactions:

Number of shares
purchased

Transaction price
(per share)

Time of transaction

Transaction reference number

Venue

1992

333.00

 08:10:59

00070222199TRLO0

XLON

596

333.00

 08:10:59

00070222198TRLO0

XLON

2362

333.00

 08:10:59

00070222197TRLO0

XLON

3382

333.00

 08:19:18

00070222314TRLO0

XLON

1200

333.00

 08:19:27

00070222316TRLO0

XLON

620

332.50

 08:40:43

00070222703TRLO0

XLON

1569

332.50

 08:40:43

00070222704TRLO0

XLON

50000

335.00

 10:34:04

00070225624TRLO0

XLON

 

For further information please contact:

Ascential plc

Philip Thomas

Mandy Gradden

Rory Elliott

 

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Investor Relations Director

 

 

+44 (0)20 3657 8950 

 

Media enquiries

Matt Dixon

Jamie Ricketts

Edward Bridges

 FTI Consulting

+44 (0)20 3727 1000

 

 

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