The following amendment has been made to the 'Director/PDMR Shareholding' announcement released on 27 July 2021 at 15:12 under RNS No 6517G.
The average price paid (p) for the shares acquired by Paul Harrison is 426.2p.
All other details remain unchanged.
The full amended text is shown below.
27 July 2021
Ascential plc ("the Company")
Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibility
As announced on 27 July 2021, the following Directors of Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L) subscribed for the following numbers of ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") as part of the placing (the "Placing"):
| Director | Shares acquired | Average price paid (p) | Resultant holding (no. of Shares) | Resultant holding (% of enlarged share capital following the Placing) |
| Scott Forbes (Chairman) | 18,153 | 432 | 224,302 | 0.05% |
| Duncan Painter (CEO) | 333,825 | 432 | 4,034,394 | 0.92% |
| Mandy Gradden (CFO) | 46,296 | 432 | 818,590 | 0.19% |
It is expected that the Shares issued pursuant to the Placing will be admitted to trading on or before 8.00 a.m. on 29 July 2021. Additionally, on 26 July 2021 Duncan Painter granted security in favour of JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A. over 3,789,271 ordinary shares in the Company which he beneficially owns. Duncan Painter's interests in ordinary shares did not change as a result of the granting of this security.
The Company has also received notification of the following transaction on 27 July 2021:
| Director | Shares acquired | Average price paid (p) | Resultant holding (no. of shares) | Resultant holding (% of enlarged share capital following the Placing) |
| Duncan Painter (CEO) | 23,256 | 431.6p | 4,057,650 | 0.93% |
| Paul Harrison (COO) | 5,800 | 426.2p | 8,620 | 0.002% |
Additional information:
Ascential plc (LEI 213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21)
Ordinary shares of 1p each with identification code BYM8GJ0
Place of transaction: London
Contacts:
Louise Meads, Company Secretary
+44 (0) 207 516 5042
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