Last checked at 27 Feb 2020 17:46
27 February 2020
Ascential plc
("the Company")
Transaction in own shares
Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L), the global specialist information company, announces that on 27 February 2020 it purchased through Numis Securities Limited the following number of its ordinary shares for Cancellation at an average price of 347.9376 pence per share:
Number of ordinary shares purchased: | 170,000 |
Highest purchase price paid per share: | 351.40p |
Lowest purchase price paid per share: | 344.40p |
Following the above transaction, there are 402,764,977 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 (402,764,977) 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 |
34 | 345.8 | 08:10:11 | XLON |
859 | 345.8 | 08:10:11 | XLON |
1106 | 345.4 | 08:10:15 | XLON |
9 | 345.4 | 08:10:15 | XLON |
894 | 346.6 | 08:25:40 | XLON |
1063 | 346.6 | 08:25:40 | XLON |
689 | 349.2 | 08:50:21 | XLON |
581 | 349.2 | 08:50:21 | XLON |
1013 | 349.2 | 08:50:21 | XLON |
4 | 349.2 | 08:50:21 | XLON |
1003 | 349.2 | 08:50:21 | XLON |
2286 | 350.4 | 08:51:11 | XLON |
1200 | 350.4 | 08:51:11 | XLON |
563 | 350.4 | 08:51:11 | XLON |
889 | 349.4 | 08:53:20 | XLON |
301 | 349.4 | 08:53:41 | XLON |
716 | 349.4 | 08:53:41 | XLON |
400 | 350.8 | 09:16:23 | XLON |
4975 | 350.8 | 09:16:23 | XLON |
923 | 350.8 | 09:16:23 | XLON |
391 | 350.4 | 09:16:23 | XLON |
230 | 350.4 | 09:16:23 | XLON |
173 | 350.4 | 09:16:23 | XLON |
291 | 350.4 | 09:16:23 | XLON |
149 | 348.4 | 09:16:30 | XLON |
233 | 348.4 | 09:16:30 | XLON |
558 | 348.4 | 09:16:30 | XLON |
266 | 348.8 | 09:19:04 | XLON |
800 | 348.8 | 09:19:04 | XLON |
1077 | 348.4 | 09:27:32 | XLON |
826 | 348.0 | 09:27:33 | XLON |
71 | 348.0 | 09:27:33 | XLON |
1063 | 348.4 | 09:36:38 | XLON |
992 | 348.0 | 09:38:28 | XLON |
1041 | 347.8 | 09:56:49 | XLON |
871 | 347.8 | 09:56:49 | XLON |
1072 | 347.2 | 09:56:56 | XLON |
572 | 348.0 | 10:07:33 | XLON |
329 | 348.0 | 10:07:33 | XLON |
150 | 347.4 | 10:16:51 | XLON |
864 | 347.4 | 10:16:51 | XLON |
72 | 347.2 | 10:17:21 | XLON |
996 | 347.2 | 10:17:21 | XLON |
926 | 346.8 | 10:27:13 | XLON |
1071 | 348.4 | 10:33:40 | XLON |
905 | 349.6 | 10:41:24 | XLON |
989 | 349.4 | 10:41:25 | XLON |
1015 | 350.0 | 10:46:46 | XLON |
936 | 350.0 | 10:48:11 | XLON |
1069 | 349.6 | 10:54:02 | XLON |
1059 | 349.6 | 10:54:02 | XLON |
280 | 349.4 | 10:56:58 | XLON |
1021 | 349.0 | 10:57:00 | XLON |
286 | 348.8 | 10:58:50 | XLON |
750 | 348.8 | 10:58:50 | XLON |
959 | 348.8 | 11:09:14 | XLON |
400 | 348.6 | 11:20:18 | XLON |
633 | 348.6 | 11:20:18 | XLON |
794 | 348.6 | 11:25:12 | XLON |
181 | 348.6 | 11:25:12 | XLON |
1409 | 350.2 | 11:33:19 | XLON |
1043 | 351.0 | 11:35:41 | XLON |
1082 | 351.2 | 11:40:49 | XLON |
1041 | 351.2 | 11:41:40 | XLON |
914 | 351.0 | 11:42:51 | XLON |
398 | 350.4 | 11:42:58 | XLON |
524 | 350.4 | 11:42:58 | XLON |
245 | 351.4 | 12:05:01 | XLON |
739 | 351.4 | 12:05:01 | XLON |
39 | 351.0 | 12:05:01 | XLON |
1036 | 351.0 | 12:05:01 | XLON |
1076 | 350.4 | 12:05:11 | XLON |
553 | 350.0 | 12:10:51 | XLON |
293 | 350.0 | 12:10:51 | XLON |
102 | 350.0 | 12:10:51 | XLON |
15000 | 350.0 | 12:11:52 | XLON |
984 | 349.6 | 12:18:30 | XLON |
1024 | 348.8 | 12:18:48 | XLON |
885 | 349.8 | 12:23:52 | XLON |
967 | 349.8 | 12:28:33 | XLON |
900 | 350.0 | 12:39:53 | XLON |
628 | 348.8 | 12:47:51 | XLON |
271 | 348.8 | 12:47:51 | XLON |
968 | 349.2 | 13:05:54 | XLON |
950 | 348.8 | 13:12:50 | XLON |
126 | 347.6 | 13:19:23 | XLON |
85 | 347.6 | 13:19:23 | XLON |
854 | 347.6 | 13:19:23 | XLON |
1039 | 347.8 | 13:20:52 | XLON |
978 | 348.4 | 13:24:21 | XLON |
139 | 348.6 | 13:27:45 | XLON |
187 | 348.6 | 13:27:45 | XLON |
700 | 348.6 | 13:27:45 | XLON |
717 | 348.4 | 13:28:11 | XLON |
247 | 348.4 | 13:28:11 | XLON |
522 | 348.8 | 13:35:42 | XLON |
925 | 348.6 | 13:36:35 | XLON |
153 | 348.6 | 13:38:47 | XLON |
213 | 348.6 | 13:38:47 | XLON |
92 | 348.6 | 13:38:47 | XLON |
1292 | 348.6 | 13:39:02 | XLON |
1068 | 348.2 | 13:39:23 | XLON |
247 | 347.4 | 13:44:44 | XLON |
315 | 347.4 | 13:44:58 | XLON |
313 | 347.4 | 13:45:23 | XLON |
147 | 347.4 | 13:45:23 | XLON |
959 | 347.6 | 13:52:10 | XLON |
875 | 348.0 | 14:03:04 | XLON |
1012 | 348.2 | 14:09:15 | XLON |
508 | 348.0 | 14:10:13 | XLON |
990 | 348.4 | 14:14:40 | XLON |
928 | 347.8 | 14:16:02 | XLON |
878 | 347.8 | 14:22:27 | XLON |
266 | 347.4 | 14:25:38 | XLON |
786 | 347.4 | 14:25:38 | XLON |
468 | 345.2 | 14:29:09 | XLON |
162 | 345.2 | 14:29:09 | XLON |
45 | 345.2 | 14:29:09 | XLON |
129 | 345.2 | 14:29:09 | XLON |
15 | 345.2 | 14:29:09 | XLON |
52 | 345.2 | 14:29:09 | XLON |
880 | 346.2 | 14:31:23 | XLON |
1033 | 345.6 | 14:32:27 | XLON |
940 | 345.6 | 14:42:40 | XLON |
1083 | 344.4 | 14:48:00 | XLON |
3877 | 344.4 | 14:48:00 | XLON |
523 | 344.4 | 14:48:00 | XLON |
4026 | 344.4 | 14:48:00 | XLON |
4583 | 344.4 | 14:48:00 | XLON |
1049 | 344.4 | 14:48:00 | XLON |
1606 | 344.4 | 14:48:00 | XLON |
888 | 344.4 | 14:48:02 | XLON |
981 | 344.4 | 14:48:03 | XLON |
2690 | 344.4 | 14:48:03 | XLON |
758 | 344.4 | 14:48:03 | XLON |
1083 | 345.2 | 14:58:40 | XLON |
894 | 345.2 | 15:01:13 | XLON |
1056 | 345.2 | 15:01:40 | XLON |
1043 | 347.2 | 15:10:59 | XLON |
1043 | 347.2 | 15:10:59 | XLON |
478 | 347.2 | 15:10:59 | XLON |
615 | 348.0 | 15:21:56 | XLON |
357 | 348.0 | 15:21:56 | XLON |
1038 | 347.6 | 15:22:06 | XLON |
1004 | 347.4 | 15:22:52 | XLON |
351 | 346.8 | 15:24:29 | XLON |
536 | 346.8 | 15:24:29 | XLON |
976 | 347.0 | 15:24:29 | XLON |
332 | 345.8 | 15:29:00 | XLON |
545 | 345.8 | 15:29:00 | XLON |
1044 | 345.4 | 15:31:22 | XLON |
980 | 345.6 | 15:34:03 | XLON |
547 | 344.6 | 15:38:00 | XLON |
344 | 344.6 | 15:39:00 | XLON |
575 | 344.6 | 15:39:00 | XLON |
877 | 345.0 | 15:41:36 | XLON |
741 | 345.4 | 15:49:23 | XLON |
920 | 346.2 | 15:53:33 | XLON |
913 | 345.8 | 15:54:23 | XLON |
875 | 346.2 | 15:58:21 | XLON |
899 | 347.6 | 16:02:28 | XLON |
1039 | 348.0 | 16:03:53 | XLON |
1052 | 347.6 | 16:04:57 | XLON |
400 | 348.2 | 16:07:17 | XLON |
889 | 348.0 | 16:08:19 | XLON |
299 | 348.4 | 16:12:44 | XLON |
823 | 348.4 | 16:12:44 | XLON |
25 | 348.4 | 16:12:44 | XLON |
93 | 348.4 | 16:12:44 | XLON |
4400 | 348.0 | 16:13:29 | XLON |
4828 | 348.0 | 16:13:29 | XLON |
1000 | 348.0 | 16:13:29 | XLON |
713 | 348.0 | 16:13:29 | XLON |
1211 | 348.0 | 16:13:30 | XLON |
1493 | 348.0 | 16:13:30 | XLON |
1800 | 348.0 | 16:13:30 | XLON |
3377 | 348.0 | 16:13:30 | XLON |
720 | 348.0 | 16:13:30 | XLON |
458 | 348.0 | 16:13:30 | XLON |
602 | 347.4 | 16:13:31 | XLON |
353 | 347.4 | 16:13:31 | XLON |
541 | 348.0 | 16:17:39 | XLON |
380 | 348.0 | 16:17:39 | XLON |
638 | 348.8 | 16:21:03 | XLON |
511 | 348.8 | 16:21:15 | XLON |