| FORM 8.3 | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
| A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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| 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 |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | ASCENTIAL PLC | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 25 Jul 2024 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 1.7p ordinary | ||||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 1,557,614 | 0.76% | 2,308,647 | 1.13% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 2,198,752 | 1.08% | 1,478,516 | 0.73% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 3,756,366 | 1.84% | 3,787,163 | 1.86% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 337,500 | 5.6253 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 321,038 | 5.6425 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 150,255 | 5.6410 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 114,916 | 5.6324 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 86,107 | 5.6554 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 43,209 | 5.6439 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 42,501 | 5.6406 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 39,108 | 5.6426 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 34,674 | 5.6600 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 30,772 | 5.6470 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 26,103 | 5.6601 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 24,643 | 5.6465 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 21,092 | 5.6381 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 17,136 | 5.6367 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 14,447 | 5.6420 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 12,952 | 5.6378 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 12,944 | 5.6380 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 10,778 | 5.6432 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 8,998 | 5.6411 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 5,861 | 5.6333 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 3,335 | 5.6500 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,157 | 5.6325 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,909 | 5.6250 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,609 | 5.6150 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,553 | 5.6502 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,304 | 5.6475 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,267 | 5.6402 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 983 | 5.6450 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 977 | 5.6375 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 965 | 5.6247 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 828 | 5.6564 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 734 | 5.6400 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 142 | 5.6597 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 279,281 | 5.6400 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 180,110 | 5.6317 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 94,898 | 5.6296 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 78,525 | 5.6600 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 31,042 | 5.6463 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 28,445 | 5.6453 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 17,453 | 5.6325 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 14,487 | 5.6602 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 10,696 | 5.6588 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 9,300 | 5.6377 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 2,022 | 5.6351 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 1,712 | 5.6413 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 1,609 | 5.6150 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 1,377 | 5.6300 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 1,179 | 5.6200 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 1,045 | 5.6599 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 977 | 5.6375 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 968 | 5.6340 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 965 | 5.6250 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 633 | 5.6500 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 529 | 5.6485 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 82 | 5.6507 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 21 | 5.6455 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 500 | 5.6480 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,429 | 5.6341 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,609 | 5.6150 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,398 | 5.6291 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 3,558 | 5.6440 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 21,865 | 5.6600 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 23,474 | 5.6600 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 16,000 | 5.6605 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 300 | 5.6466 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,453 | 5.6223 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,300 | 5.6446 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 1,200 | 5.6246 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 28,445 | 5.6453 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,696 | 5.6588 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,867 | 5.6316 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 337,500 | 5.6253 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,800 | 5.6302 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 234 | 5.6150 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,179 | 5.6200 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 180,110 | 5.6317 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 17,167 | 5.6600 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 944 | 5.6250 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 114,916 | 5.6324 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 94,507 | 5.6430 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,950 | 5.6600 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 968 | 5.6340 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 24,643 | 5.6465 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 17,136 | 5.6367 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,952 | 5.6378 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 42,501 | 5.6406 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 18,347 | 5.6416 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 43,209 | 5.6439 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,968 | 5.6476 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,553 | 5.6502 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,000 | 5.6405 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,368 | 5.6223 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,190 | 5.6321 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26,103 | 5.6601 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,377 | 5.6300 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 94,898 | 5.6296 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,157 | 5.6325 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 174,928 | 5.6415 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,214 | 5.6600 GBP | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 26 Jul 2024 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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