Director/PDMR Shareholding

AJ Bell PLC

27 December 2023

 

AJ Bell plc

("AJ Bell", the "Company")

Notification and public disclosure of PDMR dealing and exercise of share options

The Company announces that on 21 December 2023 Charlie Musson, the Acting D2C Managing Director and a person discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) in the Company, acquired 8,107 ordinary shares of £0.000125 each in the Company (Ordinary Shares) after exercising nominal cost options under the Company's Executive Incentive Plan (EIP); and then sold 3,811 of those Ordinary Shares at a price of £3.213406 pence per Ordinary Share in order to pay associated income tax and national insurance contribution liabilities.

Following the above transactions, the number of Ordinary Shares in which Charlie Musson has an interest is 337,806 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 0.082% of the issued share capital.

The above notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.

ENQUIRIES

AJ Bell                                    

·    Olubunmi Likinyo, Company Secretary                       [phone]

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	Charles Musson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Acting D2C Managing Director/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)	LEI	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	Ordinary Shares
	Identification code	GB00BFZNLB60
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of FY21 DSA options under EIP Exercise of FY23 ASA options under EIP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Award Price(s) Volume(s) FY21 DSA  £0.000125 2,735 FY23 ASA  £0.000125 5,372
d)	Aggregated information	Not applicable, single transaction
	Aggregated volume
	Price
e)	Date of the transaction	21 December 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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	Charles Musson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Acting D2C Managing Director/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)	LEI	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	Ordinary Shares
	Identification code	GB00BFZNLB60
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £3.213406 3,811
d)	Aggregated information	N/A single transaction
	Aggregated volume
	Price
e)	Date of the transaction	21 December 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Olubunmi Likinyo (Company Secretary)

Date of notification: 27 December 2023 

 

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