31st Jul 2024 15:08
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): |
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(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: |
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(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 30 Jul 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: | 1,589,015 | 0.78% | 1,331,502 | 0.65% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 1,215,023 | 0.60% | 1,403,237 | 0.69% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
TOTAL: | 2,804,038 | 1.38% | 2,734,739 | 1.34% | |||
(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 | 127,053 | 5.6939 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 125,893 | 5.7174 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 106,621 | 5.7200 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 63,378 | 5.6963 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 58,354 | 5.6917 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 54,986 | 5.6921 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 49,189 | 5.6876 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 16,975 | 5.6904 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 15,394 | 5.6926 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 15,181 | 5.6884 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 14,716 | 5.6900 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 11,900 | 5.6894 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 10,974 | 5.6947 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 10,555 | 5.7197 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 9,867 | 5.7097 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 9,145 | 5.6950 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 8,966 | 5.6869 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 7,569 | 5.6877 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 6,948 | 5.7000 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 5,885 | 5.6888 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 5,455 | 5.6889 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 5,203 | 5.6850 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 4,769 | 5.6882 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 3,996 | 5.6822 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 3,700 | 5.6940 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 3,350 | 5.6951 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 3,124 | 5.6919 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,915 | 5.6915 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,510 | 5.6863 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,301 | 5.7002 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 2,262 | 5.7093 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,969 | 5.6887 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,729 | 5.6880 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,699 | 5.6912 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,657 | 5.6913 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,555 | 5.6750 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,461 | 5.6903 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 1,152 | 5.6800 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 973 | 5.6875 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 917 | 5.6975 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 695 | 5.6922 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 336 | 5.6906 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Purchase | 90 | 5.6942 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 117,292 | 5.7200 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 89,248 | 5.7131 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 86,529 | 5.6948 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 16,862 | 5.6920 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 10,015 | 5.6950 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 8,945 | 5.6937 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 8,773 | 5.6933 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 8,107 | 5.6903 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 8,031 | 5.6882 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 7,449 | 5.6789 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 7,333 | 5.6919 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 6,948 | 5.7000 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 5,492 | 5.6900 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 4,930 | 5.6913 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 3,824 | 5.6902 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 3,734 | 5.6872 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 3,058 | 5.6841 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 2,912 | 5.7002 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 2,816 | 5.6975 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 2,201 | 5.6850 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 1,864 | 5.6909 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 1,546 | 5.6807 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 1,309 | 5.7188 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 1,070 | 5.6750 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 800 | 5.6846 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 500 | 5.6800 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 100 | 5.6899 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 90 | 5.6947 GBP | ||||
1.7p ordinary | Sale | 7 | 5.6921 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 Long | 1,000 | 5.6880 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,824 | 5.6898 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 387 | 5.6816 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 3,495 | 5.7003 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 8,000 | 5.7194 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,830 | 5.7200 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 166 | 5.6854 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 336 | 5.6906 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 1,324 | 5.6939 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 40,930 | 5.7200 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 700 | 5.6873 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 100 | 5.6899 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 904 | 5.6877 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 800 | 5.6846 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 278 | 5.6876 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,700 | 5.6940 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,449 | 5.6789 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,546 | 5.6807 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 578 | 5.6975 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 21,944 | 5.7143 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 53,395 | 5.6889 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,461 | 5.6903 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 63,378 | 5.6963 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 339 | 5.6975 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 44,063 | 5.7199 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,908 | 5.6915 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 847 | 5.6851 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,900 | 5.6890 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 58,354 | 5.6917 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 24,522 | 5.6921 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 15,394 | 5.6926 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,350 | 5.6951 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,301 | 5.7002 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 45,000 | 5.6887 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 503 | 5.7200 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 503 | 5.6877 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 539 | 5.6881 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,238 | 5.6975 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 36,306 | 5.7172 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 50,369 | 5.6884 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,124 | 5.6919 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 30,464 | 5.6921 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 30,836 | 5.7200 GBP | |||
1.7p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,747 | 5.7200 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 |
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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 |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 31 Jul 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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