Ascential PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (9693V)

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RNS Number : 9693V

Ascential PLC

12 August 2020

12 August 2020

Ascential plc

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibility

Ascential plc ("the Company" / LSE: ASCL.L) has received notification of the following transactions by its Chief Executive Officer, Duncan Painter.

Duncan Painter has exercised 679,689 share options pursuant to the Company's Performance Share Plan and sold the resultant shares. The net proceeds from the share sale have primarily been used to settle outstanding tax liabilities resulting from share ownership Mr Painter has held in the Company since its IPO in February 2016. The remaining net proceeds have been used to purchase the Company's shares in the market.

Following these transactions, Duncan Painter has a resultant holding of 3,752,343 shares, 0.93% of ordinary shares in issue.

Additional information:

Ascential plc (LEI 213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21)

Ordinary shares of 1p each with identification code BYM8GJ0

Prices and volumes: Sale of 679,689 shares at GBP3.00 per share. Purchase of 64,488 ordinary shares at GBP3.07533 per share.

Date of transaction: 12 August 2020

Place of transaction: London

Name and contact details for enquiries:

Louise Meads

Company Secretary

020 7516 5042

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