Ascential PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (5612C)

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RNS Number : 5612C

Ascential PLC

01 October 2018

1 October 2018

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 28 September 2018, the trustees of the Ascential plc Employee Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") reinvested the dividend in further dividend shares under the terms of the SIP on behalf of Mandy Gradden and Duncan Painter:

 
 PDMR             Date acquired   Number of Shares   Purchase price 
                                          acquired       per shares 
 Duncan Painter    28 September                  3          GBP4.21 
                           2018 
                 --------------  -----------------  --------------- 
 Mandy Gradden     28 September                  3          GBP4.21 
                           2018 
                 --------------  -----------------  --------------- 
 

Name and contact details for enquiries:

Louise Meads

Company Secretary

020 7516 5042

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
        / person closely associated 
 a)    Names                             Duncan Painter 
                                          Mandy Gradden 
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 2     Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status                   Director 
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 b)    Initial notification              Initial notification 
        /Amendment 
      --------------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 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 
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 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                Ordinary shares of 1p 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code               BYM8GJ0 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction         Purchase of dividend shares under the 
                                          Share Incentive Plan 
      --------------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                         -------------------------  ------------- 
                                          Duncan Painter: 
                                         -------------------------  ------------- 
                                          Price(s)                   Volume(s) 
                                         -------------------------  ------------- 
                                          421.0p                     3 
                                         -------------------------  ------------- 
 
                                            Mandy Gradden: 
                                         -------------------------  ------------- 
                                          Price(s)                   Volume(s) 
                                         -------------------------  ------------- 
                                          421.0p                     3 
                                         -------------------------  ------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
 
  - Aggregated volume               Not applicable - single transaction 
 
  - Price 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction           28 September 2018 
      --------------------------------  ------------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction          London 
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