Director/PDMR Shareholding

AJ Bell PLC

26 June 2023

 

AJ Bell plc (Company)

Director/PDMR Transactions - Initial Notification

The Company announces that it was notified on 23 June 2023, that:

a)   Bruce Robinson, Group Legal Service Director and Company Secretary and a person discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) in the Company, has purchased 33,417 ordinary shares of £0.000125 each in the Company (Ordinary Shares) at a price of £3.156 per Ordinary Share via his AJ Bell Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP); and

b)   Diana Robinson, a person closely associated (PCA) with Bruce Robinson has, in order to effect a "Bed and ISA" transaction, sold 6,345 Ordinary Shares at a price of £3.153 per Ordinary Share via her AJ Bell Dealing Account (AJ Bell Dealing Account) and then purchased 6,345 Ordinary Shares at a price of £3.153 per Ordinary Share via her AJ Bell Individual Savings Account (AJ Bell ISA).

The above transactions all took place on 23 June 2023.

Following the transactions, the number of Ordinary Shares in which Bruce Robinson has an interest is 687,483 Ordinary Shares, which represents 0.167% of the issued share capital of the Company.

This announcement, including the notification below, is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Christopher Bruce Robinson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Legal Services Director/Company Secretary/PDMR
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	AJ Bell plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier	213800VNKA7DPWXWJJ36
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.000125 each  GB00BFZNLB60
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares via SIPP
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£3.156	33,417
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total	N/A single transaction
f)	Date of the transaction	23 June 2023
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Diana Lee Robinson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA of Christopher Bruce Robinson, Group Legal Services Director/Company Secretary/PDMR
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	AJ Bell plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier	213800VNKA7DPWXWJJ36
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.000125 each  GB00BFZNLB60
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£3.153	6,345
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total	N/A single transaction
f)	Date of the transaction	23 June 2023
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Diana Lee Robinson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA of Christopher Bruce Robinson, Group Legal Services Director/Company Secretary/PDMR
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	AJ Bell plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier	213800VNKA7DPWXWJJ36
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.000125 each  GB00BFZNLB60
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shared via AJ Bell ISA
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£3.153	6,345
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total	N/A single transaction
f)	Date of the transaction	23 June 2023
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Bruce Robinson (Company Secretary)

Date of notification: 26 June 2023  

 

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