Form 8.3 - ASCENTIAL PLC

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 relevant securities this form relates:

ASCENTIAL PLC

(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:

01 Aug 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

1,778,443

0.87%

938,276

0.46%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

868,910

0.43%

1,570,380

0.77%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,647,353

1.30%

2,508,656

1.23%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

256,458

5.7100 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

35,873

5.7097 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

25,287

5.7139 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

25,038

5.7078 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

20,846

5.7079 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

18,010

5.7103 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

17,165

5.7118 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

14,297

5.7109 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

10,839

5.7137 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

5,701

5.7054 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

4,100

5.7120 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

3,309

5.7110 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

3,054

5.7069 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

2,979

5.7102 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

2,742

5.7050 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

2,683

5.7060 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

2,018

5.7064 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

1,432

5.7094 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

1,206

5.7150 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

1,200

5.7098 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Purchase

1,116

5.7112 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

143,497

5.7100 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

36,599

5.7101 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

10,115

5.7035 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

4,614

5.7092 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

4,448

5.7104 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

4,344

5.7050 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

3,826

5.7059 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

580

5.7105 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

541

5.7125 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

513

5.7051 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

481

5.7150 GBP

1.7p ordinary

Sale

100

5.7099 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,047

5.7094 GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

27,187

5.7100 GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

166

5.7080 GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

27,187

5.7100 GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

92

5.7109 GBP

1.7p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,108

5.7111 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

100

5.7099 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

600

5.7116 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

294

5.7049 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,165

5.7085 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,829

5.7100 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,744

5.7109 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

306

5.7099 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,448

5.7104 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,200

5.7098 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,100

5.7120 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

102

5.7050 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29,266

5.7100 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,459

5.7090 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

81,304

5.7100 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,287

5.7139 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,206

5.7150 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,115

5.7035 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,038

5.7078 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,527

5.7102 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,010

5.7103 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,116

5.7106 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,205

5.7109 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,309

5.7110 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

163

5.7100 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

163

5.7049 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

674

5.7078 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

502

5.7050 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

53,061

5.7097 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

26,189

5.7087 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

59,909

5.7100 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,165

5.7118 GBP

1.7p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,728

5.7100 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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 person 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:

02 Aug 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213