| 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: | 19 Aug 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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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 4,188,559 | 2.05% | 376,139 | 0.18% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 243,700 | 0.12% | 3,797,415 | 1.86% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 4,432,259 | 2.17% | 4,173,554 | 2.05% |
| (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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| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 122,139 | 5.7246 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 59,759 | 5.7250 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 21,230 | 5.7166 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 19,599 | 5.7100 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 19,594 | 5.7247 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 18,353 | 5.7089 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 3,796 | 5.7079 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,292 | 5.7050 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 539 | 5.7075 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 282 | 5.7161 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 200 | 5.7099 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 6 | 5.7109 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 66,091 | 5.7250 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 24,110 | 5.7244 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 8,983 | 5.7182 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 3,395 | 5.7050 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 3,182 | 5.7089 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 2,274 | 5.7079 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 1,616 | 5.7075 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 855 | 5.7077 GBP | ||||
| 1.7p ordinary | Sale | 118 | 5.7100 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,979 | 5.7095 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 5,927 | 5.7182 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 21,894 | 5.7250 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 166 | 5.7005 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 2,178 | 5.7103 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 6 | 5.7116 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 44,197 | 5.7250 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 5,560 | 5.7232 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 43 | 5.7049 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,160 | 5.7050 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,853 | 5.7100 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 21,230 | 5.7166 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 45,948 | 5.7250 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 478 | 5.7100 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 201 | 5.7070 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 721 | 5.7050 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19,406 | 5.7087 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,531 | 5.7100 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 29,478 | 5.7250 GBP | |||
| 1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,261 | 5.7150 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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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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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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| to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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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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| the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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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: | 20 Aug 2024 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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