16 Jun 2017 16:37
16 June 2017
Ascential plc
Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibility
Ascential plc ("the Company" / LSE: ASCL.L) has today received notification of the following transactions by its Executive Directors, Duncan Painter and Mandy Gradden.
After payment of the Ascential plc final dividend on 15 June 2017, the trustees of the Ascential plc Employee Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") reinvested the dividend in further shares under the terms of the SIP on behalf of Mandy Gradden and Duncan Painter.
Duncan Painter has purchased 5 shares and has a resultant holding of 3,551,027 shares, 0.89% of ordinary shares in issue. Mandy Gradden has purchased 5 shares and has a resultant holding of 771,778 ordinary shares, 0.19% of ordinary shares in issue.
Name and contact details for enquiries:
Louise Meads
Company Secretary
020 7516 5042
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Names
| Duncan Painter Mandy Gradden
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2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Director | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| Ascential plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21 | |||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1p
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Identification code | BYM8GJ0 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Duncan Painter - purchase of ordinary shares Mandy Gradden - purchase of ordinary shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Duncan Painter: | |||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
351.7p | 5 | ||||
Mandy Gradden: | |||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
351.7p | 5 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | Not applicable - single transaction | ||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 15 June 2017 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London | |||
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