Ascential PLC has announced the purchase and cancellation of 125,000 of its Ordinary 1.7p Shares ("Ordinary Shares") through Numis Securities Limited ("Deutsche Numis"). The shares were bought as part of the Share Buyback Programme, with the lowest price paid per share at 337.50 GBp and the highest at 345.00 GBp, resulting in a volume weighted average price paid per share of 342.90 GBp. Following the purchase, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 203,862,612 with no shares held in treasury, and the total voting rights in the Company will be 203,862,612.

The detailed information of the individual trades made by Deutsche Numis as part of the Share Buyback Programme has been provided in accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014. This includes the number of ordinary shares purchased, transaction price per share, time of transaction, transaction reference number, and trading venue. The transactions took place on the XLON trading venue.

This information may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.