Director/PDMR Shareholding
Updated : 15:33
30 September 2019
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 and its Chief Financial Officer, Mandy Gradden.
Duncan Painter and Mandy Gradden have each been granted an Option over 5,921 ordinary shares under the Company's Employee Savings Related Share Option plan. Options are ordinarily exercisable for a period of six months following the end of a three year savings contract and subject to the payment of an exercise price per share under option of 304p.
Name and contact details for enquiries:
Louise Meads
Company Secretary
020 7516 5042
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Names
| Duncan Painter
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2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Director | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
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 | |||
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 financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1p
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Identification code | BYM8GJ0 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of options over ordinary shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
Nil payment for option grant | 5,921 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | Not applicable - single transaction | ||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 26 September 2019 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London |
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
a)
| Names
| Mandy Gradden
| |||
2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
a)
| Position/status
| Director | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Ascential plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800VDXQDA7KD2IQ21 | |||
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
| ||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares of 1p
| |||
Identification code | BYM8GJ0 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of options over ordinary shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
Nil payment for option grant | 5,921 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | Not applicable - single transaction | ||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 26 September 2019 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London |
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