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Ticker · ASCL ISIN · GB00BQFH6320 LEI · 213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21 IL Administrative and support service activities
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Filings indexed 568 across all filing types
Latest filing 2021-06-17 Regulatory Filings
Country GB United Kingdom
Listing IL ASCL

About Ascential PLC

https://www.ascential.com/

Ascential is a specialist events, intelligence, and advisory services company, now operating as part of Informa PLC's Informa Festivals division. The company organizes large-scale business-to-business events and provides critical information and advisory services. Its portfolio includes world-renowned brands such as Cannes Lions, the international festival of creativity for the marketing and communications industry, and Money20/20, a leading global FinTech event. It also operates WARC, a service providing evidence and insights for marketing effectiveness, and LIONS, which offers advisory and intelligence services. The brands primarily serve professionals across key industry verticals including Marketing, FinTech, Cyber Security, Gaming, and Technology, helping them navigate industry trends and achieve business growth.

Recent filings

Filing Released Lang Actions
Cannes Lions announces 2021 award entry numbers
Regulatory Filings Classification · 1% confidence The document is identified by the RNS Number header and contains information about Ascential PLC. The content discusses the entry numbers for the Cannes Lions awards and provides updates related to the upcoming event and jury process. It is explicitly marked as 'RNS Reach' and states, 'Reach is a non-regulatory news service.' Since the content is a general announcement about an event and industry statistics, rather than a mandatory financial filing (like 10-K, ER, or IR), and it is distributed via the RNS distribution service but explicitly labeled as non-regulatory 'Reach', the most appropriate classification is the general regulatory/news announcement fallback category, RNS.
2021-06-17 English
Total Voting Rights
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements Classification · 1% confidence The document is very short (1741 characters) and its primary content is the announcement of the 'Total Voting Rights' as of a specific date (31 May 2021), referencing the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. It explicitly states the total number of shares (402,938,531) to be used as the denominator for shareholder notifications. This type of mandatory disclosure regarding the total share capital and voting rights is a specific regulatory announcement. While it relates to share capital, it is not a general share issue (SHA) or a transaction in own shares (POS). It is a specific regulatory notification provided via RNS. Since there is no specific code for 'Total Voting Rights' and it is a mandatory regulatory disclosure, the most appropriate classification is the general regulatory filing category, RNS, as it is distributed via the RNS service and contains regulatory information not covered by other specific codes.
2021-06-02 English
Result of AGM
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements Classification · 1% confidence The document is titled 'Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")' and explicitly details the voting results for 24 resolutions presented at the 2021 AGM. It includes a table showing 'Shares For', 'Shares Against', and 'Votes Withheld' for each resolution, which is the definitive characteristic of a document reporting the outcome of a shareholder vote. This directly corresponds to the definition of 'Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements' (DVA). Although it mentions the 'Annual Report and Accounts' (Resolution 1), the document itself is the result announcement, not the report itself, adhering to the 'MENU VS MEAL' rule.
2021-05-06 English
Total Voting Rights
Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements Classification · 1% confidence The document explicitly mentions 'RNS Number', 'RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom', and provides a 'Total Voting Rights' figure (402,929,204). This type of announcement, detailing the total number of shares and voting rights, is a standard regulatory disclosure often disseminated via the RNS system. While it relates to voting rights, it is not the declaration of the *results* of a vote (DVA), but rather a prerequisite disclosure for shareholders regarding voting calculations under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Given the context of being an RNS announcement providing specific regulatory data that doesn't fit perfectly into the other specific categories (like 10-K, ER, or DIV), the most appropriate classification is the general regulatory filing category, RNS.
2021-05-05 English
Acquisition of Perpetua Labs Inc
M&A Activity Classification · 1% confidence The document is identified by the RNS Number header and the explicit mention of 'RNS Number : 5181V' and 'This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange.' This indicates a regulatory news service announcement. The content details a specific corporate action: the 'Acquisition of Perpetua' for cash consideration, including financial metrics of the acquired company. This type of announcement, which is a material corporate event disclosure made via a regulatory news wire, fits best under the general 'Regulatory Filings' category (RNS), as it is not a specific financial report (like 10-K or IR), a management discussion (MDA), or a capital change announcement (CAP/SHA), but rather a broad market disclosure. Given the nature of the announcement (M&A activity disclosure via RNS), 'RNS' is the most appropriate general classification, although 'TAR' (M&A Activity) is also relevant. However, RNS is the mechanism of filing, and since the document is a short, direct announcement of an event rather than a detailed legal filing or a full report, RNS serves as the correct classification based on the provided definitions and the document's structure as a news wire release.
2021-04-15 English
Holding(s) in Company
Major Shareholding Notification Classification · 1% confidence The document is clearly identified as an 'RNS Number' filing from 'Ascential PLC' dated '06 April 2021'. The content is structured as 'TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings' detailing an 'acquisition or disposal of voting rights' by 'BlackRock, Inc.', crossing a threshold (from 5.74% to 5.46%). This specific regulatory form (TR-1) relates to changes in significant share ownership, which directly maps to the definition of Major Shareholding Notification (MRQ). Although it is an RNS announcement, the content is highly specific to shareholding changes, making MRQ a more precise classification than the general RNS fallback.
2021-04-06 English

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