Ascential PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2016

Mar 1, 2016

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RNS Number : 6736Q

Ascential PLC

01 March 2016

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*TR-1:NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi*

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		Ascential Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached			X
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Bank of America Corporation
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	Merrill Lynch International
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	26th February 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	1st March 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Below 3%, 4% and 5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights x
Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00BYM8GJ06	415,000	415,000	Below notifiable threshold	Below notifiable threshold	0	Below notifiable threshold	0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
N/A					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
Below notifiable threshold	Below notifiable threshold

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Merrill Lynch International  -  Below notifiable threshold

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Kim Oakley
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 996 3410

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