お知らせ • Jul 25
Informa plc (LSE:INF) made a conditional proposal to acquire Ascential plc (LSE:ASCL) for £1.15 billion. Informa plc (LSE:INF) made a conditional proposal to acquire Ascential plc (LSE:ASCL) for £1.15 billion on July 23, 2024. A cash consideration valued at £5.68 per share will be paid by Informa plc. As on July 24, 2024, The boards of Informa and Ascential are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Ascential. The Offer values the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Ascential at approximately £1.2 billion on a fully diluted basis. In addition, Informa and Ascential have agreed that if the Hudson Disposal completes prior to the date of the Sanction Hearing, Net Sale Proceeds will (subject to the approval of the Ascential Board) be returned to Ascential Shareholders by way of a cash dividend and Ascential Shareholders will be entitled to keep that dividend without any reduction of the Cash Consideration payable under the Offer. Accordingly, the Ascential Directors intend to unanimously recommend that Ascential Shareholders vote (or procure votes) in favour of the Scheme at the Court Meeting and to vote (or procure votes) in favour of the Ascential Resolution(s) at the General Meeting as the Ascential Directors who (or whose immediate family) beneficially hold Ascential Shares have irrevocably undertaken to do (or procure to be done), in respect of 602,718 Ascential Shares in total, representing in aggregate approximately 0.3 per cent. of the ordinary share capital of Ascential in issue as at the Latest Practicable Date. A resolution to approve the Scheme is passed by a majority in number of the Scheme Shareholders present and voting (and entitled to vote) at the Court Meeting, either in person or by proxy, representing at least 75 per cent. in value of the Scheme Shares voted by those Scheme Shareholders. The Cash Consideration payable by Informa pursuant to the Offer will be funded by a dedicated Offer finance facility of up to £1.25 billion provided by Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. pursuant to the terms of the Facility Agreement. The Cash Consideration payable under the terms of the Offer will be despatched to Ascential Shareholders within 14 days of the Effective Date. The Scheme will also be subject to the applicable requirements of the Takeover Code, the Panel, the London Stock Exchange, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Listing Rules. It is intended that the Offer will be implemented by way of a Court sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act.
BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs International and Slaughter and May is acting as advisers to Ascential. BofA Securities, Inc. acted as financial advisor and corporate broker to Ascential plc. Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) acted as financial advisor to Informa plc. Clifford Chance LLP is acting as legal adviser to Informa. お知らせ • May 09
Ascential plc Declares Special Dividend, Payable on 3 June 2024 Ascential plc declared a Special Dividend of 128.6 pence per Existing Ascential Share amounting to a total of approximately £450 million. The Special Dividend is expected to be paid on 3 June 2024 to Shareholders on the Register on 17 May 2024, with the Ascential Shares being marked ex dividend on 20 May 2024. お知らせ • Apr 04
Ascential plc, Annual General Meeting, May 09, 2024 Ascential plc, Annual General Meeting, May 09, 2024. お知らせ • Mar 16
Ascential plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Mar 21, 2024 Ascential plc announced that they will report fiscal year 2023 results on Mar 21, 2024 お知らせ • Feb 01
Ascential plc Announces Company Secretary Change Ascential plc announces that Louise Meads, Group Company Secretary since February 2017, is to step down and be succeeded with effect from 1 February 2024 by Naomi Howden, who is currently Deputy Company Secretary. The board would like to thank Louise for her excellent service and contribution through a period of significant change in the business and wish her well for the future. お知らせ • Oct 31
Ascential Announces the Proposed Sale of Its Digital Commerce Business to Omnicom Group Ascential plc (LSE:ASCL) has announced the proposed sale of its Digital Commerce business to Omnicom Group Inc., (NYSE:OMC) a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom Group Inc. has confirmed its participation in the sale process for Hudson. お知らせ • Sep 08
Ascential plc Announces Resignation of Paul Harrison as Chief Operating Officer, Effective from September 30, 2023 Further to the announcement of Ascential plc in January 2023 that Paul Harrison, Chief Operating Officer, intends to leave the Company in due course, the Company announced that the effective date of this departure is 30 September 2023. お知らせ • Aug 13
Ascential plc (LSE:ASCL) acquired Contagious Communications Ltd. Ascential plc (LSE:ASCL) acquired Contagious Communications Ltd. on August 11, 2023. Contagious employs 40 staff, and will continue to be led by Chief Executive Officer Karl Marsden, and Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer Paul Kemp-Robertson.
Ascential plc (LSE:ASCL) completed the acquisition of Contagious Communications Ltd. on August 11, 2023. お知らせ • May 19
Ascential plc Elects Joanne Harris as Director Ascential plc at its AGM held on May 18, 2023, approved to elect Joanne Harris as a Director of the Company. お知らせ • May 18
BC Partners Reportedly Eyes bid for Ascential's Consumer Data Arm Ascential PLC's (LSE:ASCL) consumer data business has attracted the interest of a private equity firm advised by the former head of the Daily Mail's parent, Sky News reported on May 16, 2023. Paul Zwillenberg, who stepped down as chief executive of Daily Mail & General Trust last autumn, is working with the buyout firm BC Partners on its interest in WGSN, which is owned by FTSE 250-listed events group Ascential, Sky reported. Zwillenberg is working alongside Elizabeth Deeming, a former executive at Stylus Media Group and News Corp, on the deal. City sources said Ascential had asked for initial offers for WGSN, which supplies data on fashion trends to the industry, this week, the report noted. The business is understood to be valued at more than GBP 700 million, with Apax Partners, another buyout firm, among the rival bidders to BC Partners. Neither Zwillenberg nor Deeming is expected to have an ongoing role in the WGSN business if BC's bid is successful, according to people close to the situation, Sky reported. Shares in Ascential closed 1.7% higher at 241.12 pence in London on May 16, 2023. お知らせ • Jan 25
Ascential plc Announces Paul Harrison, Currently Chief Operating Officer Intends to Leave the Company Ascential plc announced that Following a transition period of active participation in the execution of the plans, Paul Harrison, currently Chief Operating Officer of Ascential plc, has informed the Board that he intends to accept the offer of a role outside Ascential and leave the Company in due course. The Company is grateful for Paul's seven years in both executive and non-executive capacities and his continued support of the strategic plan for a transition period. Further details will be announced in due course. Further appointments will be announced in due course. お知らせ • Sep 14
Ascential plc (LSE:ASCL) acquired OneSpace Solutions, Inc. Ascential plc (LSE:ASCL) acquired OneSpace Solutions, Inc. on September 13, 2021. OneSpace will join Ascential's Digital Commerce business unit, the London firm's largest business division by annual revenue.
Ascential plc (LSE:ASCL) completed the acquisition of OneSpace Solutions, Inc. on September 13, 2021.