Form 8.3 - Ascential plc

Barclays PLC

03 October 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				ASCENTIAL PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				02 Oct 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:			9,619,108	4.70%	619,242	0.30%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			617,190	0.30%	9,258,204	4.52%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			10,236,298	5.00%	9,877,446	4.82%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		32,921		5.6654  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		20,410		5.6649  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		12,286		5.6640  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		3,000		5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,600		5.6600  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		1,426		5.6639  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		976		5.6650  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		701		5.6548  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		514		5.6731  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		353		5.6603  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		78		5.6647  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Purchase		13		5.6549  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		43,651		5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		8,128		5.6628  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		6,964		5.6639  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		486		5.6600  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		151		5.6575  GBP
1.7p ordinary		Sale		31		5.8000  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,685	5.6550  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		128	5.6571  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,700	5.6590  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		696	5.6600  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		372	5.6641  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,405	5.6642  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,001	5.6647  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,703	5.6650  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,203	5.6657  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29	5.8000  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,672	5.6600  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		128	5.6603  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		890	5.6604  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,054	5.6641  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,410	5.6649  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,424	5.6650  GBP
1.7p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,921	5.6654  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		398	5.6603  GBP
1.7p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,056	5.6554  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						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 exempt principal trader 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:				03 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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