TIDMASCL

RNS Number : 1816G

Ascential PLC

13 March 2020

13 March 2020

Ascential plc

("the Company")

Transaction in own shares

Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L), the global specialist information company, announces that on 13 March 2020 it purchased through Numis Securities Limited the following number of its ordinary shares for Cancellation at an average price of 281.1815 pence per share:

 
  Number of ordinary shares purchased:       220,000 
  Highest purchase price paid per share:     289.00p 
  Lowest purchase price paid per share:      274.00p 
 

Following the above transaction, there are 402,845,798 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 (402,845,798) 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    Time of transaction   Execution 
  purchased          price                                venue 
                     (per share) 
 1369               275.0           08:19:21             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1499               275.0           08:19:30             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 5902               275.0           08:19:34             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 351                275.0           08:19:34             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1112               275.0           08:19:34             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1427               276.2           08:21:33             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1361               275.6           08:23:18             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1303               276.2           08:26:12             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1459               275.6           08:30:02             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 675                274.4           08:32:04             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 743                274.4           08:32:04             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1415               275.0           08:36:09             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1337               275.0           08:36:57             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 720                275.0           08:39:16             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 599                275.0           08:39:16             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1315               276.0           08:43:33             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1409               276.0           08:51:04             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1051               277.2           08:53:04             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 452                277.2           08:53:08             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1217               276.8           08:53:32             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 97                 276.8           08:53:32             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 839                276.4           08:54:30             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 717                276.4           08:55:58             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 582                276.4           08:55:58             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 427                276.4           08:55:58             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 797                275.6           08:59:21             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 500                275.6           08:59:21             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1326               276.0           09:08:41             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 776                276.0           09:08:41             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 454                276.0           09:08:41             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1458               284.8           10:06:12             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1225               285.2           10:07:42             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1386               287.0           10:23:34             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 880                286.4           10:23:49             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 800                286.4           10:23:49             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1254               285.6           10:26:25             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 281                284.6           10:28:27             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1000               284.6           10:28:27             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1462               287.0           10:48:23             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 189                285.4           10:49:23             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1176               285.4           10:51:55             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 630                285.2           10:58:42             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 710                285.2           10:58:42             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 405                288.2           11:05:10             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 701                289.0           13:35:34             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1278               289.0           13:35:34             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1497               289.0           13:35:34             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1315               289.0           13:35:34             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 17835              289.0           13:35:34             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1525               289.0           13:39:36             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 15462              289.0           13:39:36             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 659                289.0           13:39:36             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1410               288.8           13:41:12             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1501               288.4           13:42:11             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1304               287.8           13:45:40             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1271               289.0           13:50:17             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1329               287.2           13:52:33             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1237               285.2           13:59:39             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1459               287.0           14:04:38             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1460               286.0           14:09:54             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1409               285.6           14:16:32             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1304               288.0           14:27:37             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1239               287.4           14:29:42             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1169               285.2           14:38:05             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 61                 285.2           14:38:05             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 189                285.2           14:38:05             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 2040               286.0           14:48:54             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1377               285.6           14:51:38             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1554               284.4           14:53:50             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1419               285.4           14:54:42             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1384               285.2           14:54:47             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1416               284.4           14:58:08             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1409               283.8           14:59:17             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 400                283.0           15:01:29             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1043               283.0           15:01:29             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1429               281.8           15:02:44             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1258               279.8           15:05:38             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 431                283.0           15:07:20             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 578                283.0           15:07:20             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 578                283.0           15:07:20             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 578                283.0           15:07:20             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1598               282.6           15:07:22             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1032               282.6           15:08:23             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 278                282.6           15:08:23             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 520                282.4           15:08:23             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 960                282.4           15:08:23             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 708                281.8           15:10:16             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 39                 281.8           15:10:16             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 800                281.8           15:10:16             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 359                281.4           15:11:16             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1308               281.4           15:11:16             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1518               281.0           15:13:11             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 2095               278.4           15:31:55             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1396               278.4           15:31:55             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1267               277.4           15:32:40             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1328               275.8           15:36:45             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 567                277.0           15:42:36             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 339                277.0           15:42:36             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1396               276.8           15:45:25             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1376               276.8           15:45:25             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1732               276.6           15:46:23             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 138                275.8           15:49:57             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 500                275.8           15:49:57             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1600               275.8           15:49:57             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 76                 275.8           15:49:57             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1444               276.8           15:51:10             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1290               277.8           15:52:16             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1269               277.6           15:52:30             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 668                277.4           15:52:30             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 634                277.4           15:52:30             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1269               277.4           15:52:30             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1463               277.2           15:53:09             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1467               281.2           15:57:34             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1242               281.2           15:57:34             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1253               281.4           15:58:32             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 670                281.6           15:58:32             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1302               281.4           15:59:26             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1387               281.4           15:59:26             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1850               281.0           15:59:30             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1386               280.4           15:59:31             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1727               280.4           16:01:49             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1481               279.2           16:02:13             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1719               276.8           16:05:11             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1234               274.8           16:07:07             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1356               274.4           16:07:48             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 582                274.0           16:08:02             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 818                274.0           16:08:02             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 934                277.0           16:09:50             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 372                277.0           16:09:50             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 265                276.8           16:09:53             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 800                276.8           16:09:53             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 292                276.8           16:09:53             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 508                276.8           16:09:53             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 971                276.8           16:09:53             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1297               276.6           16:09:53             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1434               276.6           16:11:29             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1376               277.2           16:12:15             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1267               276.8           16:12:22             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1503               277.2           16:13:19             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 434                276.6           16:13:23             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1415               276.6           16:13:23             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1434               277.4           16:15:42             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1645               277.4           16:15:42             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 2082               276.6           16:18:10             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 2417               276.6           16:18:10             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1042               277.2           16:20:17             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 252                277.2           16:20:17             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1401               276.8           16:20:45             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1457               276.8           16:20:45             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1053               276.8           16:21:04             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 466                276.8           16:21:04             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1519               276.6           16:21:04             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1515               277.4           16:22:30             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 66                 277.2           16:22:44             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1312               277.2           16:22:46             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1364               277.4           16:22:46             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 59                 276.8           16:23:21             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 644                276.8           16:23:21             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 51                 276.8           16:23:21             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 207                276.8           16:23:21             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 286                277.4           16:23:59             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1633               277.4           16:24:00             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1461               277.4           16:24:01             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1502               277.4           16:24:07             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1323               277.0           16:25:06             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1482               277.0           16:25:06             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 886                276.6           16:25:10             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 507                276.6           16:25:10             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 481                276.8           16:25:50             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 2008               276.8           16:25:57             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1325               276.8           16:26:05             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 148                276.8           16:26:05             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 11                 277.0           16:26:20             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 66                 277.0           16:26:20             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 2412               277.0           16:26:20             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 57                 277.0           16:26:20             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 272                277.0           16:26:55             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 242                277.0           16:26:55             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 1008               277.0           16:26:57             XLON 
                   -------------  --------------------  ---------- 
 

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