Ascential PLC

Director's Dealing • Oct 8, 2024

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Ascential PLC

08 October 2024

Ascential plc (the "Company")

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibility

Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L) has received notification of the following transactions by its Chief Executive Officer, Philip Thomas, and its Chief Financial Officer, Mandy Gradden, following vesting of awards and exercise of options granted between 2020 and 2024 under various of the Company's share plans, the details of which are set out below.

1

Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Names

Philip Thomas

Mandy Gradden

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Director

b)

Initial/Amendment notification

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

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

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 1.7p

BQFH632

b)

Nature of the transaction

Shares acquired in satisfaction of the following options and awards:

-      2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 awards granted under the Performance Share Plan.

-      2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 awards and options granted under the Deferred Annual Bonus Plan.

-      2022 options granted under the Employee Savings Related Share Option Plan UK.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Philip Thomas
Award	Price(s)(£)	Volume(s)
2023 Performance Share Plan	Nil	320,072
2024 Performance Share Plan	Nil	369,662

Mandy Gradden
Award	Price(s)(£)	Volume(s)
2020 Performance Share Plan	Nil	225,229
2022 Performance Share Plan	Nil	244,545
February 2023 Performance Share Plan	Nil	312,710
December 2023 Performance Share Plan	Nil	74,349
2024 Performance Share Plan	Nil	278,480
2022 Deferred Annual Bonus Plan	Nil	76,287
2023 Deferred Annual Bonus Plan	Nil	49,859
2024 Deferred Annual Bonus Plan	Nil	75,310
2022 Employee Savings Related Share Option Plan UK	1.81	6,629

d)

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Price

Philip Thomas: 689,734

Mandy Gradden: 1,343,398

Philip Thomas: N/A

Mandy Gradden: £11,998.49

e)

Date of the transaction

8 October 2024

f)

Place of the transaction

London

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