Last checked at 5 Mar 2020 17:04
5 March 2020
Ascential plc
("the Company")
Transaction in own shares
Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L), the global specialist information company, announces that on 5 March 2020 it purchased through Numis Securities Limited the following number of its ordinary shares for Cancellation at an average price of 317.2254 pence per share:
Number of ordinary shares purchased: | 210,000 |
Highest purchase price paid per share: | 331.60p |
Lowest purchase price paid per share: | 311.20p |
Following the above transaction, there are 404,121,050 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 (404,121,050) 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 sharespurchased | Transaction price(per share) | Time of transaction | Execution venue |
500 | 331.6 | 08:17:43 | XLON |
937 | 331.6 | 08:17:56 | XLON |
132 | 330.0 | 08:19:23 | XLON |
1092 | 330.0 | 08:19:23 | XLON |
500 | 327.6 | 08:31:38 | XLON |
612 | 327.6 | 08:31:38 | XLON |
1056 | 326.8 | 08:33:03 | XLON |
1052 | 326.8 | 08:36:58 | XLON |
357 | 325.2 | 08:50:23 | XLON |
866 | 325.2 | 08:50:23 | XLON |
1170 | 324.4 | 08:54:34 | XLON |
1200 | 323.8 | 08:55:16 | XLON |
53 | 323.8 | 08:55:16 | XLON |
528 | 323.4 | 08:55:53 | XLON |
602 | 323.4 | 08:55:53 | XLON |
1128 | 322.4 | 09:04:38 | XLON |
167 | 321.4 | 09:04:52 | XLON |
905 | 321.4 | 09:04:52 | XLON |
673 | 321.2 | 09:09:09 | XLON |
621 | 321.2 | 09:09:09 | XLON |
1061 | 323.0 | 09:17:21 | XLON |
608 | 322.8 | 09:17:21 | XLON |
651 | 322.8 | 09:17:21 | XLON |
773 | 322.4 | 09:17:33 | XLON |
497 | 322.4 | 09:17:33 | XLON |
215 | 323.0 | 09:20:08 | XLON |
932 | 323.0 | 09:20:08 | XLON |
1245 | 322.8 | 09:20:08 | XLON |
963 | 322.2 | 09:23:28 | XLON |
135 | 322.2 | 09:23:28 | XLON |
1292 | 321.8 | 09:27:46 | XLON |
1196 | 320.8 | 09:44:37 | XLON |
605 | 320.6 | 09:53:00 | XLON |
595 | 320.6 | 09:53:00 | XLON |
238 | 319.8 | 10:00:00 | XLON |
106 | 319.8 | 10:00:51 | XLON |
67 | 319.8 | 10:00:51 | XLON |
568 | 319.8 | 10:00:51 | XLON |
317 | 319.8 | 10:00:51 | XLON |
624 | 317.6 | 10:22:26 | XLON |
626 | 317.6 | 10:22:26 | XLON |
901 | 317.0 | 10:28:36 | XLON |
324 | 317.0 | 10:33:01 | XLON |
384 | 317.0 | 10:33:01 | XLON |
821 | 317.0 | 10:33:01 | XLON |
440 | 317.0 | 10:33:01 | XLON |
45 | 317.0 | 10:33:01 | XLON |
341 | 317.0 | 10:37:09 | XLON |
849 | 317.0 | 10:37:09 | XLON |
1226 | 317.8 | 10:52:41 | XLON |
1212 | 318.0 | 10:55:26 | XLON |
989 | 318.0 | 10:55:26 | XLON |
131 | 318.0 | 10:55:26 | XLON |
1105 | 318.0 | 10:55:26 | XLON |
870 | 317.8 | 10:55:27 | XLON |
274 | 317.8 | 10:55:39 | XLON |
566 | 317.4 | 11:04:39 | XLON |
462 | 317.4 | 11:04:39 | XLON |
102 | 317.4 | 11:04:39 | XLON |
540 | 317.8 | 11:17:22 | XLON |
373 | 317.6 | 11:17:22 | XLON |
1856 | 317.2 | 11:19:43 | XLON |
482 | 316.6 | 11:20:21 | XLON |
925 | 316.6 | 11:20:21 | XLON |
49 | 316.8 | 11:30:48 | XLON |
77 | 316.8 | 11:30:48 | XLON |
950 | 316.8 | 11:35:16 | XLON |
1200 | 316.8 | 11:35:16 | XLON |
51 | 316.8 | 11:35:16 | XLON |
1076 | 316.6 | 11:35:16 | XLON |
1138 | 316.0 | 11:35:33 | XLON |
500 | 319.0 | 11:52:45 | XLON |
624 | 319.0 | 11:52:45 | XLON |
1378 | 318.4 | 11:53:29 | XLON |
1276 | 318.4 | 11:53:29 | XLON |
1393 | 319.4 | 12:02:04 | XLON |
1520 | 319.0 | 12:02:04 | XLON |
1161 | 318.8 | 12:11:37 | XLON |
1314 | 318.4 | 12:12:31 | XLON |
1079 | 318.4 | 12:12:31 | XLON |
400 | 317.8 | 12:12:32 | XLON |
69 | 317.8 | 12:12:32 | XLON |
600 | 317.8 | 12:12:32 | XLON |
29 | 317.8 | 12:12:32 | XLON |
1212 | 318.6 | 12:17:24 | XLON |
1231 | 321.0 | 12:25:16 | XLON |
1302 | 321.0 | 12:30:47 | XLON |
690 | 320.6 | 12:30:48 | XLON |
241 | 320.6 | 12:30:48 | XLON |
316 | 320.6 | 12:32:18 | XLON |
1073 | 320.6 | 12:32:18 | XLON |
37 | 320.0 | 12:32:19 | XLON |
600 | 320.0 | 12:32:20 | XLON |
579 | 320.0 | 12:32:20 | XLON |
68 | 320.6 | 12:52:43 | XLON |
1000 | 320.6 | 12:52:49 | XLON |
164 | 320.6 | 12:52:49 | XLON |
1107 | 320.4 | 12:55:25 | XLON |
1167 | 320.0 | 12:55:26 | XLON |
225 | 320.0 | 12:55:26 | XLON |
840 | 320.0 | 12:55:26 | XLON |
126 | 320.0 | 12:55:26 | XLON |
198 | 319.8 | 12:55:35 | XLON |
500 | 319.8 | 12:55:35 | XLON |
440 | 319.8 | 12:55:35 | XLON |
917 | 318.8 | 13:04:36 | XLON |
162 | 318.8 | 13:04:36 | XLON |
692 | 318.6 | 13:07:19 | XLON |
160 | 318.6 | 13:07:19 | XLON |
351 | 318.6 | 13:07:19 | XLON |
32 | 318.6 | 13:20:12 | XLON |
341 | 318.6 | 13:20:12 | XLON |
32 | 318.6 | 13:20:12 | XLON |
717 | 318.6 | 13:20:12 | XLON |
1247 | 318.4 | 13:22:15 | XLON |
1138 | 318.2 | 13:34:02 | XLON |
91 | 318.2 | 13:34:02 | XLON |
560 | 318.2 | 13:38:22 | XLON |
35 | 319.8 | 13:45:54 | XLON |
121 | 320.2 | 13:46:00 | XLON |
640 | 320.2 | 13:46:00 | XLON |
363 | 320.2 | 13:46:00 | XLON |
1146 | 319.8 | 13:46:19 | XLON |
166 | 319.8 | 13:46:44 | XLON |
400 | 319.6 | 13:48:00 | XLON |
370 | 319.6 | 13:48:00 | XLON |
1144 | 319.4 | 13:48:00 | XLON |
1274 | 319.4 | 13:48:00 | XLON |
89 | 319.0 | 13:50:23 | XLON |
228 | 319.0 | 13:50:23 | XLON |
298 | 319.0 | 13:50:23 | XLON |
30 | 319.0 | 13:50:23 | XLON |
445 | 319.0 | 13:50:23 | XLON |
69 | 318.2 | 14:02:24 | XLON |
305 | 318.2 | 14:02:24 | XLON |
829 | 318.2 | 14:02:24 | XLON |
371 | 318.2 | 14:02:24 | XLON |
500 | 318.2 | 14:02:24 | XLON |
339 | 318.2 | 14:02:24 | XLON |
320 | 318.0 | 14:02:37 | XLON |
600 | 318.0 | 14:02:37 | XLON |
296 | 318.0 | 14:02:37 | XLON |
1267 | 317.2 | 14:06:58 | XLON |
4 | 317.2 | 14:06:58 | XLON |
278 | 316.4 | 14:08:13 | XLON |
779 | 316.4 | 14:08:13 | XLON |
1293 | 315.8 | 14:10:25 | XLON |
454 | 315.6 | 14:12:58 | XLON |
500 | 315.6 | 14:12:58 | XLON |
244 | 315.6 | 14:12:58 | XLON |
103 | 315.6 | 14:12:58 | XLON |
1112 | 315.4 | 14:16:57 | XLON |
600 | 315.0 | 14:17:02 | XLON |
600 | 315.0 | 14:17:02 | XLON |
111 | 315.0 | 14:17:02 | XLON |
1069 | 314.4 | 14:22:06 | XLON |
161 | 314.4 | 14:22:06 | XLON |
439 | 314.4 | 14:22:06 | XLON |
500 | 314.4 | 14:22:06 | XLON |
262 | 314.4 | 14:22:06 | XLON |
470 | 314.2 | 14:25:21 | XLON |
500 | 314.2 | 14:25:21 | XLON |
171 | 314.2 | 14:25:21 | XLON |
4 | 314.0 | 14:25:22 | XLON |
1233 | 314.0 | 14:25:22 | XLON |
1067 | 313.8 | 14:32:56 | XLON |
1174 | 313.8 | 14:32:56 | XLON |
1187 | 313.2 | 14:40:53 | XLON |
59 | 313.0 | 14:40:56 | XLON |
1065 | 313.0 | 14:40:56 | XLON |
446 | 313.0 | 14:40:56 | XLON |
735 | 313.0 | 14:40:56 | XLON |
39 | 313.0 | 14:40:56 | XLON |
18 | 313.0 | 14:47:06 | XLON |
600 | 313.0 | 14:47:39 | XLON |
480 | 313.0 | 14:47:39 | XLON |
154 | 313.0 | 14:47:39 | XLON |
500 | 313.0 | 14:47:39 | XLON |
521 | 313.0 | 14:47:39 | XLON |
1410 | 312.8 | 14:48:43 | XLON |
1270 | 312.6 | 14:48:45 | XLON |
972 | 312.2 | 14:55:26 | XLON |
340 | 312.2 | 14:55:26 | XLON |
1312 | 311.8 | 14:55:35 | XLON |
1110 | 311.8 | 14:55:35 | XLON |
58 | 311.2 | 14:55:36 | XLON |
131 | 311.2 | 14:55:36 | XLON |
500 | 311.2 | 14:55:36 | XLON |
462 | 311.2 | 14:55:36 | XLON |
89 | 311.2 | 14:55:36 | XLON |
570 | 311.4 | 14:57:11 | XLON |
86 | 312.6 | 14:58:05 | XLON |
996 | 312.6 | 14:58:08 | XLON |
319 | 312.6 | 14:58:47 | XLON |
347 | 314.4 | 14:59:47 | XLON |
1227 | 314.4 | 14:59:47 | XLON |
500 | 315.0 | 15:00:11 | XLON |
500 | 315.0 | 15:00:11 | XLON |
375 | 315.0 | 15:00:11 | XLON |
600 | 314.8 | 15:00:11 | XLON |
540 | 314.8 | 15:00:11 | XLON |
400 | 315.2 | 15:00:11 | XLON |
371 | 315.2 | 15:00:11 | XLON |
300 | 315.2 | 15:00:11 | XLON |
118 | 315.2 | 15:00:11 | XLON |
600 | 313.8 | 15:02:33 | XLON |
516 | 313.8 | 15:02:33 | XLON |
72 | 313.8 | 15:02:33 | XLON |
1111 | 313.8 | 15:02:33 | XLON |
287 | 313.4 | 15:04:25 | XLON |
1099 | 313.4 | 15:04:25 | XLON |
212 | 312.8 | 15:07:07 | XLON |
500 | 312.8 | 15:07:07 | XLON |
16 | 312.8 | 15:07:07 | XLON |
156 | 312.8 | 15:07:07 | XLON |
458 | 312.8 | 15:07:07 | XLON |
251 | 313.6 | 15:10:27 | XLON |
866 | 313.6 | 15:10:27 | XLON |
145 | 313.6 | 15:10:27 | XLON |
29 | 313.4 | 15:10:56 | XLON |
1954 | 313.4 | 15:10:56 | XLON |
823 | 314.0 | 15:18:53 | XLON |
415 | 314.0 | 15:18:53 | XLON |
515 | 313.6 | 15:20:12 | XLON |
616 | 313.6 | 15:20:12 | XLON |
211 | 313.6 | 15:20:12 | XLON |
245 | 313.6 | 15:20:12 | XLON |
271 | 313.6 | 15:20:12 | XLON |
45 | 313.6 | 15:20:12 | XLON |
295 | 313.6 | 15:20:12 | XLON |
12 | 313.6 | 15:20:12 | XLON |
600 | 313.6 | 15:20:12 | XLON |
383 | 313.6 | 15:20:12 | XLON |
4672 | 314.4 | 15:26:04 | XLON |
254 | 314.4 | 15:27:07 | XLON |
315 | 314.4 | 15:27:07 | XLON |
2 | 314.4 | 15:27:07 | XLON |
679 | 314.4 | 15:27:07 | XLON |
831 | 314.4 | 15:27:07 | XLON |
376 | 314.4 | 15:27:07 | XLON |
80 | 315.4 | 15:31:37 | XLON |
519 | 315.4 | 15:31:37 | XLON |
633 | 315.4 | 15:31:37 | XLON |
518 | 315.4 | 15:35:04 | XLON |
400 | 315.4 | 15:35:04 | XLON |
360 | 315.4 | 15:35:04 | XLON |
107 | 315.4 | 15:35:04 | XLON |
500 | 315.4 | 15:35:04 | XLON |
500 | 315.4 | 15:35:04 | XLON |
8 | 315.4 | 15:35:04 | XLON |
287 | 315.4 | 15:35:04 | XLON |
899 | 315.4 | 15:35:04 | XLON |
1 | 315.4 | 15:35:04 | XLON |
47 | 315.2 | 15:35:28 | XLON |
500 | 315.2 | 15:35:28 | XLON |
500 | 315.2 | 15:35:28 | XLON |
602 | 315.2 | 15:35:28 | XLON |
564 | 314.8 | 15:39:21 | XLON |
717 | 314.8 | 15:39:21 | XLON |
483 | 314.8 | 15:39:21 | XLON |
600 | 314.8 | 15:39:21 | XLON |
22 | 314.8 | 15:39:21 | XLON |
550 | 314.6 | 15:39:22 | XLON |
600 | 314.6 | 15:39:22 | XLON |
89 | 314.6 | 15:39:22 | XLON |
357 | 315.2 | 15:43:45 | XLON |
190 | 315.2 | 15:43:45 | XLON |
1 | 315.2 | 15:43:45 | XLON |
345 | 315.2 | 15:45:47 | XLON |
3093 | 315.2 | 15:45:47 | XLON |
400 | 315.2 | 15:45:47 | XLON |
650 | 315.0 | 15:45:49 | XLON |
472 | 315.0 | 15:45:49 | XLON |
600 | 315.2 | 15:50:55 | XLON |
521 | 315.2 | 15:50:55 | XLON |
336 | 315.2 | 15:50:55 | XLON |
879 | 315.2 | 15:50:55 | XLON |
121 | 315.2 | 15:50:55 | XLON |
941 | 315.2 | 15:50:55 | XLON |
9 | 314.8 | 15:52:07 | XLON |
1422 | 315.8 | 15:55:17 | XLON |
1457 | 315.8 | 15:55:17 | XLON |
400 | 315.8 | 15:55:17 | XLON |
600 | 315.8 | 15:56:17 | XLON |
612 | 315.8 | 15:56:17 | XLON |
400 | 315.8 | 15:56:19 | XLON |
83 | 315.8 | 15:56:19 | XLON |
1648 | 315.4 | 15:57:30 | XLON |
452 | 315.4 | 15:57:30 | XLON |
51 | 315.2 | 15:57:30 | XLON |
600 | 315.2 | 15:57:31 | XLON |
600 | 315.2 | 15:57:31 | XLON |
344 | 315.2 | 15:57:31 | XLON |
518 | 316.2 | 16:01:37 | XLON |
538 | 316.2 | 16:01:37 | XLON |
1127 | 316.6 | 16:02:15 | XLON |
702 | 316.6 | 16:02:25 | XLON |
563 | 316.6 | 16:02:25 | XLON |
600 | 316.8 | 16:03:27 | XLON |
600 | 316.8 | 16:03:27 | XLON |
29 | 316.8 | 16:03:27 | XLON |
1249 | 316.6 | 16:03:27 | XLON |
1198 | 316.4 | 16:04:01 | XLON |
312 | 316.4 | 16:05:31 | XLON |
1200 | 316.6 | 16:05:55 | XLON |
103 | 316.6 | 16:05:55 | XLON |
600 | 316.6 | 16:06:35 | XLON |
600 | 316.6 | 16:06:35 | XLON |
1 | 316.6 | 16:06:35 | XLON |
407 | 316.6 | 16:06:55 | XLON |
417 | 316.8 | 16:08:55 | XLON |
219 | 316.8 | 16:08:55 | XLON |
727 | 316.8 | 16:08:55 | XLON |
100 | 316.8 | 16:09:00 | XLON |
600 | 316.8 | 16:09:10 | XLON |
459 | 316.8 | 16:09:10 | XLON |
533 | 316.8 | 16:09:10 | XLON |
600 | 316.8 | 16:09:10 | XLON |
48 | 316.8 | 16:09:10 | XLON |
269 | 316.6 | 16:09:25 | XLON |
1004 | 316.6 | 16:09:25 | XLON |
1249 | 316.4 | 16:11:08 | XLON |
500 | 317.0 | 16:14:25 | XLON |
500 | 317.0 | 16:14:25 | XLON |
500 | 317.0 | 16:14:25 | XLON |
260 | 317.0 | 16:14:25 | XLON |
400 | 317.0 | 16:14:25 | XLON |
902 | 317.0 | 16:15:27 | XLON |
266 | 317.0 | 16:15:27 | XLON |
1182 | 317.0 | 16:15:27 | XLON |
1239 | 317.0 | 16:15:27 | XLON |
1419 | 316.8 | 16:16:47 | XLON |
184 | 316.8 | 16:17:07 | XLON |
549 | 317.0 | 16:17:47 | XLON |
654 | 317.0 | 16:17:47 | XLON |
600 | 317.0 | 16:17:52 | XLON |
600 | 317.0 | 16:17:52 | XLON |
57 | 317.0 | 16:17:52 | XLON |
387 | 316.8 | 16:18:47 | XLON |
600 | 316.8 | 16:18:47 | XLON |
600 | 316.8 | 16:18:47 | XLON |
278 | 316.8 | 16:19:29 | XLON |
1239 | 316.8 | 16:19:29 | XLON |
225 | 316.6 | 16:20:47 | XLON |
189 | 316.6 | 16:20:47 | XLON |
36 | 316.6 | 16:20:47 | XLON |
686 | 316.6 | 16:20:47 | XLON |
400 | 316.6 | 16:20:47 | XLON |
233 | 316.4 | 16:21:23 | XLON |
39 | 316.4 | 16:21:23 | XLON |
331 | 316.4 | 16:21:24 | XLON |
375 | 316.6 | 16:22:07 | XLON |
898 | 316.6 | 16:23:03 | XLON |
65 | 317.0 | 16:23:47 | XLON |
4593 | 317.0 | 16:23:47 | XLON |
1337 | 317.0 | 16:23:47 | XLON |