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<link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ast_ClarivatePLCCTIMember" xlink:label="ClarivatePLCCTIMember"/><link:label xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="label_ClarivatePLCCTIMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xml:lang="en-US">Clarivate PLC</link:label><link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ClarivatePLCCTIMember" xlink:to="label_ClarivatePLCCTIMember" priority="1"/><link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ast_PostHoldingsIncCTIMember" xlink:label="PostHoldingsIncCTIMember"/><link:label xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="label_PostHoldingsIncCTIMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xml:lang="en-US">Post Holdings, Inc.</link:label><link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="PostHoldingsIncCTIMember" xlink:to="label_PostHoldingsIncCTIMember" priority="1"/><link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ast_AffiliatedManagersGroupIncCTIMember" xlink:label="AffiliatedManagersGroupIncCTIMember"/><link:label xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="label_AffiliatedManagersGroupIncCTIMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xml:lang="en-US">Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.</link:label><link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="AffiliatedManagersGroupIncCTIMember" xlink:to="label_AffiliatedManagersGroupIncCTIMember" priority="1"/><link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ast_AvantorIncCTIMember" xlink:label="AvantorIncCTIMember"/><link:label xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="label_AvantorIncCTIMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xml:lang="en-US">Avantor, Inc.</link:label><link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="AvantorIncCTIMember" xlink:to="label_AvantorIncCTIMember" priority="1"/><link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ast_CCCIntelligentSolutionsHoldingsIncCTIMember" xlink:label="CCCIntelligentSolutionsHoldingsIncCTIMember"/><link:label xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="label_CCCIntelligentSolutionsHoldingsIncCTIMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xml:lang="en-US">CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc.</link:label><link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="CCCIntelligentSolutionsHoldingsIncCTIMember" xlink:to="label_CCCIntelligentSolutionsHoldingsIncCTIMember" priority="1"/><link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ast_IQVIAHoldingsIncCTIMember" xlink:label="IQVIAHoldingsIncCTIMember"/><link:label xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="label_IQVIAHoldingsIncCTIMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xml:lang="en-US">IQVIA Holdings, Inc.</link:label><link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="IQVIAHoldingsIncCTIMember" xlink:to="label_IQVIAHoldingsIncCTIMember" priority="1"/><link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ast_LKQCorpCTIMember" xlink:label="LKQCorpCTIMember"/><link:label xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="label_LKQCorpCTIMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xml:lang="en-US">LKQ Corp.</link:label><link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="LKQCorpCTIMember" xlink:to="label_LKQCorpCTIMember" priority="1"/><link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ast_BectonDickinsonCoCTIMember" xlink:label="BectonDickinsonCoCTIMember"/><link:label xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="label_BectonDickinsonCoCTIMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xml:lang="en-US">Becton Dickinson &amp; 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