REG - Ascential PLC - Block Listing Application

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RNS Number : 9809G  Ascential PLC  04 October 2024

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4 October 2024

 

Ascential plc ("Ascential" or the "Company")

 

Block Listing Application

 

Ascential today announces that an application has been made to the Financial
Conduct Authority ("FCA") and the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") for 3,382,590
ordinary shares of 1.7 pence each in the Company (the "Shares"), to be
admitted to the Official List of the FCA and admitted to trading on the Main
Market of the London Stock Exchange (the "Admission").

 

The Shares will be issued to satisfy the exercise of options and vesting of
awards under the Ascential plc Executive Performance Share Plan, Ascential plc
Executive Deferred Annual Bonus Plan, and International Employee Free Share
Plan operated by Ascential on the sanction by the High Court of Justice in
England and Wales (the "Court") of the proposed scheme of arrangement under
Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 pursuant to which Informa PLC will acquire
the entire issued share capital of Ascential (the "Scheme"). As previously
announced by Ascential, the sanction of the Scheme is expected to be obtained
at the Sanction Hearing on 8 October 2024.

 

When issued, the Shares shall rank pari passu with the existing issued
ordinary shares of the Company. It is expected that Admission will become
effective on 7 October 2024.

 

The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of the Ascential
Shares is GB00BQFH6320.

 

Enquiries

 

Ascential plc
 
 +44 (0)20 7657 8950

Phillip Thomas, Chief Executive Officer

Mandy Gradden, Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

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