Transaction in Own Shares

Summary by AI BETAClose X

AJ Bell PLC has purchased 40,000 of its ordinary shares on January 15, 2026, as part of its share buyback program of up to £50 million. The average price paid per share was 450.80 pence, with the highest price at 455.00 pence and the lowest at 441.40 pence. These shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 400,637,365, with no shares held in treasury. This figure represents the total voting rights in the company.

Disclaimer*

AJ Bell PLC
16 January 2026
 

16 January 2026

AJ Bell plc

Transaction in Own Shares

 

AJ Bell plc ("Company") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £0.000125 each through Jefferies International Limited ("Jefferies"), as part of the share buyback programme of up to £50m announced on 4 December 2025.

Date of purchase:

15 January 2026

Number of ordinary £0.000125 shares purchased:

40,000

Highest price paid per share (pence):

455.00

Lowest price paid per share (pence):

441.40

Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):

450.80

The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares and does not intend to hold any of the purchased shares in treasury.

Following settlement of the above purchases and cancellation of the purchased ordinary shares, the Company's total number of ordinary shares in issue shall be 400,637,365 ordinary shares, with no ordinary shares in treasury.

The figure of 400,637,365 ordinary shares represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Jefferies on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

Enquiries to:

 

AJ Bell

 

·      Kina Sinclair, Group Legal Director & Company Secretary

0345 40 89 100

 


Aggregated Information of Ordinary Shares Purchased According to Each Trading Venue:

Trading Venue

Weighted Average Price
(Pence per Share)

Aggregated Volume

London Stock Exchange (LSE)

450.82

24,164

Chi-X (CHIX)

450.75

4,297

BATE (BATE)

450.79

8,642

Aquis (AQXE)

450.78

1,529

Turquoise (TRQX)

450.85

1,368

 

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

Number of Shares Purchased

Transaction Price (Pence per Share)

Venue

Time of Transaction

1

441.6

XLON

08:12:59

204

442.6

XLON

08:15:20

13

442.2

TRQX

08:17:00

15

442.2

AQXE

08:17:23

17

442

CHIX

08:19:24

29

442

CHIX

08:19:24

96

441.4

BATE

08:19:36

133

443.4

XLON

08:24:17

38

443.6

CHIX

08:33:16

74

444

BATE

08:33:21

14

446.2

TRQX

08:44:51

30

446.2

AQXE

08:44:56

15

445.8

TRQX

08:46:47

380

446.4

XLON

08:46:58

97

446.4

BATE

08:47:19

47

446.4

CHIX

08:47:52

222

446

XLON

08:51:59

73

445.2

BATE

08:54:05

10

445.4

TRQX

08:54:05

37

445.8

CHIX

08:55:39

1

445.8

AQXE

08:56:11

15

446

AQXE

08:56:11

158

446.4

XLON

08:58:26

14

447.2

AQXE

09:03:56

14

446.4

TRQX

09:05:05

44

446.4

CHIX

09:05:05

96

446.8

BATE

09:05:05

326

446.4

XLON

09:05:05

15

446.8

AQXE

09:05:45

84

446.8

BATE

09:07:14

46

446.8

CHIX

09:07:32

15

446.4

TRQX

09:07:40

205

446.4

XLON

09:07:57

68

446.8

BATE

09:09:06

18

446.6

AQXE

09:09:39

43

447

CHIX

09:13:56

186

447

XLON

09:14:48

15

446.4

TRQX

09:16:17

98

446.4

BATE

09:16:38

255

446.4

XLON

09:19:58

82

446.4

BATE

09:21:34

16

447

AQXE

09:23:20

24

447

CHIX

09:23:20

14

447

TRQX

09:24:04

16

447

TRQX

09:24:04

174

447

XLON

09:24:25

18

447.6

AQXE

09:25:21

148

447.2

XLON

09:29:42

38

446.8

BATE

09:30:49

35

446.8

CHIX

09:30:49

42

446.8

BATE

09:30:49

52

446.8

CHIX

09:30:49

16

447.6

AQXE

09:35:40

17

446.8

TRQX

09:36:30

38

448

CHIX

09:36:56

158

447.6

XLON

09:38:17

87

448

BATE

09:38:58

11

448.2

TRQX

09:42:45

16

448.4

AQXE

09:43:32

34

448.6

CHIX

09:43:32

167

448.6

XLON

09:43:47

88

448.2

BATE

09:45:52

163

448.6

XLON

09:49:08

17

448.8

CHIX

09:55:02

29

448.8

CHIX

09:55:02

14

448.6

TRQX

09:55:26

13

448.8

AQXE

09:57:29

165

448.6

XLON

10:02:35

2

448.2

BATE

10:02:48

67

448.2

BATE

10:02:48

141

449

XLON

10:10:18

12

449

TRQX

10:11:04

16

449

AQXE

10:14:22

42

448.2

CHIX

10:15:06

134

447.8

XLON

10:15:37

1

448

BATE

10:17:52

92

448

BATE

10:17:52

15

448.2

TRQX

10:19:52

39

447.8

CHIX

10:20:02

17

448.6

AQXE

10:24:21

216

449

XLON

10:25:05

89

449

BATE

10:26:20

13

449

TRQX

10:31:27

17

448.6

AQXE

10:34:40

184

448.8

XLON

10:34:48

51

448.6

CHIX

10:34:50

11

448.6

TRQX

10:36:00

95

449

BATE

10:36:06

101

449.2

BATE

10:41:45

106

449.2

BATE

10:41:45

42

449.2

CHIX

10:41:45

46

449.2

CHIX

10:41:45

70

449.2

CHIX

10:41:45

78

449.2

BATE

10:41:45

18

449.2

AQXE

10:41:45

30

449.2

AQXE

10:41:45

33

449.2

AQXE

10:41:45

182

449.2

XLON

10:41:45

333

449.2

XLON

10:41:45

366

449.2

XLON

10:41:45

263

449.2

XLON

10:41:45

40

450

CHIX

10:45:53

36

449.8

TRQX

10:46:17

15

449.8

TRQX

10:46:17

104

449.8

BATE

10:47:35

15

450

TRQX

10:51:24

40

450.2

CHIX

10:52:34

232

450.2

XLON

10:54:33

78

449.8

BATE

10:55:47

16

450

XLON

11:01:16

180

450

XLON

11:01:16

15

449.4

TRQX

11:01:29

12

449.4

AQXE

11:02:56

7

449.2

CHIX

11:09:20

43

449.2

CHIX

11:09:20

15

449.4

AQXE

11:12:23

93

450.2

BATE

11:16:48

12

450.2

TRQX

11:17:06

258

450

XLON

11:18:02

39

450

CHIX

11:18:13

8

450.2

BATE

11:22:12

79

450.2

BATE

11:22:12

15

449.6

AQXE

11:25:45

84

449.8

BATE

11:35:22

171

449.8

XLON

11:35:22

22

449.8

CHIX

11:35:22

29

449.8

CHIX

11:35:22

18

449.6

AQXE

11:37:15

95

449.6

XLON

11:37:15

167

449.6

XLON

11:37:15

15

449.8

TRQX

11:37:15

40

449.8

CHIX

11:38:39

11

449.4

TRQX

11:39:03

209

450

XLON

11:41:49

17

449.6

BATE

11:42:34

17

449.6

BATE

11:42:44

17

449.6

BATE

11:42:54

178

450.2

XLON

11:47:15

42

449.8

CHIX

11:49:23

85

449.6

BATE

11:49:23

11

449.6

AQXE

11:49:28

12

449.6

TRQX

11:49:28

12

449.6

TRQX

11:49:28

15

449.8

TRQX

11:52:40

45

449.6

CHIX

11:52:40

92

449.6

BATE

11:52:40

16

449.6

AQXE

11:52:44

253

449.4

XLON

11:52:53

17

449.6

AQXE

11:54:32

167

449.4

XLON

11:55:09

108

449.4

BATE

11:55:10

13

449.8

TRQX

11:57:15

31

449.2

CHIX

11:57:40

21

449.2

CHIX

11:57:42

130

449.4

XLON

11:59:07

13

449.8

TRQX

12:04:28

41

449.4

CHIX

12:04:44

18

449.4

AQXE

12:04:44

175

449.4

XLON

12:04:44

102

449.4

BATE

12:04:46

129

449.8

XLON

12:10:36

81

449.4

BATE

12:11:59

17

449.4

AQXE

12:12:13

14

449.4

TRQX

12:13:36

49

449.4

CHIX

12:14:02

156

449.6

XLON

12:14:44

35

449.8

CHIX

12:20:17

12

450

TRQX

12:20:47

17

449.6

AQXE

12:22:12

105

449.8

BATE

12:22:12

205

449.8

XLON

12:22:12

36

449.8

CHIX

12:24:29

7

449.8

XLON

12:25:13

196

449.8

XLON

12:25:13

13

450

TRQX

12:27:00

21

449.6

AQXE

12:29:05

150

449.6

XLON

12:30:21

105

449.8

BATE

12:32:13

39

449.8

CHIX

12:35:22

43

449.8

CHIX

12:35:22

81

449.8

BATE

12:35:22

14

449.8

TRQX

12:35:22

146

449.8

XLON

12:35:22

172

450.6

XLON

12:38:57

14

450.6

TRQX

12:41:12

157

450.6

XLON

12:41:12

114

450.6

BATE

12:43:55

34

450.6

CHIX

12:43:55

11

450.8

TRQX

12:45:00

182

450.8

XLON

12:45:48

78

450.8

BATE

12:47:06

177

450.8

XLON

12:48:08

13

450.8

TRQX

12:48:14

192

450.8

XLON

12:49:53

98

450.8

BATE

12:50:26

14

450.8

TRQX

12:51:45

188

450.8

XLON

12:51:53

96

450.8

BATE

12:52:37

144

450.8

XLON

12:53:30

15

450.8

TRQX

12:53:48

49

450.4

CHIX

12:55:19

72

450.4

CHIX

12:55:19

64

450.6

BATE

12:55:50

17

450.2

AQXE

12:56:10

17

450.2

AQXE

12:56:10

66

450.2

AQXE

12:56:10

10

450.8

TRQX

12:56:13

139

450.6

XLON

12:56:13

49

450.4

CHIX

12:57:26

13

450.6

XLON

12:58:30

15

450.6

XLON

12:58:30

172

450.6

XLON

12:58:30

17

450.2

AQXE

13:00:06

13

450.8

TRQX

13:00:06

49

450.2

CHIX

13:00:13

145

450.2

XLON

13:01:47

84

450.2

BATE

13:02:59

40

450.2

CHIX

13:04:54

14

450.2

TRQX

13:04:54

163

450.2

XLON

13:05:13

18

450.2

AQXE

13:05:36

92

450.2

BATE

13:07:40

34

450.2

BATE

13:10:03

17

450.2

BATE

13:10:03

25

450.2

BATE

13:10:03

157

450.2

XLON

13:10:30

14

450.2

TRQX

13:11:51

51

449.8

CHIX

13:13:28

15

450.2

AQXE

13:14:34

11

449.8

TRQX

13:17:00

42

449.8

CHIX

13:17:29

13

449.8

TRQX

13:20:01

15

449.4

AQXE

13:20:15

74

449.4

BATE

13:20:15

169

449.4

XLON

13:20:15

235

449.4

XLON

13:20:15

16

449.4

AQXE

13:24:52

97

449.4

BATE

13:24:52

97

449.4

BATE

13:24:52

50

449.8

CHIX

13:26:11

52

449.8

CHIX

13:26:11

176

450

XLON

13:26:38

254

450

XLON

13:26:38

76

450

BATE

13:28:18

181

450

XLON

13:28:41

141

450

XLON

13:30:28

49

450

CHIX

13:31:07

107

450

BATE

13:32:17

224

450

XLON

13:34:07

13

449.8

TRQX

13:35:41

39

449.8

TRQX

13:35:41

73

449.8

BATE

13:36:57

49

450.2

CHIX

13:37:19

15

450

AQXE

13:38:45

140

450.4

XLON

13:38:48

29

450

AQXE

13:40:59

18

450

AQXE

13:42:49

13

450

TRQX

13:42:49

43

449.8

CHIX

13:43:49

160

450.4

XLON

13:45:05

64

450

BATE

13:45:38

18

450

AQXE

13:49:50

13

449.8

TRQX

13:50:37

41

449.8

CHIX

13:50:37

100

450

BATE

13:51:53

298

450

XLON

13:52:07

13

449.4

TRQX

13:54:00

103

450

BATE

13:57:46

11

449.8

TRQX

13:58:19

124

449.8

XLON

13:58:24

66

449.8

XLON

13:58:24

24

449.4

AQXE

13:59:45

46

449.4

CHIX

13:59:45

272

449.8

XLON

14:01:15

85

450

BATE

14:01:32

13

449.8

TRQX

14:05:32

44

449.6

CHIX

14:05:40

15

449.4

AQXE

14:08:28

225

449.4

XLON

14:08:28

88

450.2

BATE

14:09:42

14

450.8

TRQX

14:12:37

52

450.2

CHIX

14:13:28

171

450.8

XLON

14:14:02

6

451.2

BATE

14:15:22

68

451.2

BATE

14:15:22

15

451

AQXE

14:17:13

18

451

AQXE

14:17:13

175

450.8

XLON

14:17:13

45

451

CHIX

14:17:15

33

451

CHIX

14:19:11

97

451

BATE

14:19:18

164

453

XLON

14:20:45

15

453

TRQX

14:25:36

23

453

TRQX

14:25:36

40

453

CHIX

14:25:36

69

453.2

BATE

14:25:51

72

452.8

BATE

14:26:49

150

452.8

XLON

14:26:49

150

452.8

XLON

14:26:49

13

453

TRQX

14:28:30

52

452.6

CHIX

14:28:51

185

452.8

XLON

14:29:20

127

452.8

BATE

14:29:45

18

452.4

AQXE

14:30:06

36

452.4

AQXE

14:30:06

144

452.4

XLON

14:30:06

14

453

TRQX

14:30:26

47

452.4

CHIX

14:30:39

88

452.2

BATE

14:32:16

6

452.4

AQXE

14:32:30

9

452.4

AQXE

14:32:30

209

451.8

XLON

14:32:30

43

452

CHIX

14:32:37

15

451.8

TRQX

14:33:12

12

451.6

TRQX

14:34:14

163

451.8

XLON

14:34:49

207

451.8

XLON

14:35:39

51

451.8

CHIX

14:35:51

82

451.8

BATE

14:35:51

18

451.6

AQXE

14:36:11

13

451.6

AQXE

14:37:43

231

451.8

XLON

14:38:21

44

452

CHIX

14:38:47

15

451.6

TRQX

14:39:37

16

452

AQXE

14:40:50

16

452

XLON

14:40:50

148

452

XLON

14:40:56

107

452.8

BATE

14:41:08

14

452.8

TRQX

14:42:14

68

452.8

BATE

14:43:04

44

453.8

CHIX

14:43:17

100

453

BATE

14:43:43

185

453

XLON

14:43:43

16

452.8

AQXE

14:45:09

30

452.8

AQXE

14:45:09

10

452.8

TRQX

14:45:09

13

452.8

TRQX

14:45:09

47

452.8

CHIX

14:45:09

84

452.6

BATE

14:45:27

161

452.6

XLON

14:45:27

13

452.2

TRQX

14:46:14

44

452.2

CHIX

14:46:14

246

452

XLON

14:46:18

16

453

AQXE

14:47:52

182

452.8

XLON

14:48:05

182

452.8

XLON

14:48:05

91

452.8

BATE

14:48:13

43

452.8

CHIX

14:48:15

163

453

XLON

14:49:54

44

453

CHIX

14:50:19

77

453

BATE

14:51:05

9

453

TRQX

14:51:05

26

453

TRQX

14:51:05

102

453

BATE

14:51:05

140

453

XLON

14:51:05

163

453

XLON

14:51:05

16

453

AQXE

14:51:06

5

453

TRQX

14:51:06

47

453

CHIX

14:52:47

15

452.6

AQXE

14:52:49

165

453

XLON

14:54:04

12

453

TRQX

14:54:49

90

452.8

BATE

14:55:41

173

453

XLON

14:56:04

17

452.6

AQXE

14:57:04

42

452.6

CHIX

14:57:04

88

452.4

BATE

14:58:13

160

452.2

XLON

14:58:44

17

452.4

XLON

14:58:44

13

452.2

TRQX

14:58:44

49

452

CHIX

14:59:28

26

452.6

AQXE

15:03:09

107

452.6

BATE

15:03:09

241

452.6

XLON

15:03:09

13

452

TRQX

15:04:32

35

452

CHIX

15:04:32

164

452.4

XLON

15:05:10

13

451.8

TRQX

15:06:01

48

451.4

CHIX

15:06:43

168

451.6

XLON

15:09:55

76

451.8

BATE

15:10:03

13

451.4

TRQX

15:11:02

17

451.4

AQXE

15:11:08

39

451

CHIX

15:11:52

115

451.2

BATE

15:13:15

208

451.2

XLON

15:13:15

13

451.2

TRQX

15:14:26

16

452.8

AQXE

15:15:55

39

452.8

CHIX

15:15:55

84

452.8

XLON

15:16:43

168

452.8

XLON

15:16:43

13

452.6

TRQX

15:18:06

45

452.6

CHIX

15:18:24

27

452.6

AQXE

15:19:07

42

452.6

BATE

15:22:35

46

452.6

BATE

15:22:35

134

452.6

BATE

15:22:35

192

452.6

XLON

15:22:35

276

452.6

XLON

15:22:35

15

452.6

TRQX

15:22:40

51

452.4

CHIX

15:23:13

14

453

TRQX

15:27:41

40

453

CHIX

15:27:41

102

452.8

BATE

15:27:51

188

453

XLON

15:27:55

10

452.6

TRQX

15:28:26

306

453

XLON

15:30:16

12

453.2

TRQX

15:30:28

43

452.6

CHIX

15:32:31

107

452.6

BATE

15:32:31

162

453

XLON

15:33:26

13

453

TRQX

15:34:03

11

453

AQXE

15:35:11

50

453

AQXE

15:35:11

47

453.2

CHIX

15:35:24

186

453.8

XLON

15:35:44

13

454

TRQX

15:37:09

14

454

AQXE

15:37:09

106

454

BATE

15:37:17

95

454

BATE

15:38:37

46

454.2

CHIX

15:38:39

162

454.2

XLON

15:38:56

15

454

TRQX

15:40:36

16

454

AQXE

15:40:36

47

454.2

CHIX

15:40:40

98

454.2

BATE

15:40:54

182

454.2

XLON

15:41:26

12

454.4

TRQX

15:43:05

286

454.8

XLON

15:43:52

89

454.4

BATE

15:45:46

46

454.4

CHIX

15:45:59

58

454.2

XLON

15:46:51

74

454.2

XLON

15:46:51

18

454.2

AQXE

15:46:52

14

454.4

TRQX

15:47:27

43

454.2

CHIX

15:48:34

140

454.2

XLON

15:49:04

101

454.2

BATE

15:49:09

17

454.2

AQXE

15:49:19

14

454

AQXE

15:50:57

14

454.2

TRQX

15:51:11

180

454

XLON

15:51:15

42

454.4

CHIX

15:52:16

166

454.4

XLON

15:54:03

54

454.4

CHIX

15:54:30

4

454.6

XLON

15:55:51

124

454.6

XLON

15:55:51

17

454.6

XLON

15:55:51

18

454.6

XLON

15:55:51

2

454.6

XLON

15:55:51

36

454.2

CHIX

15:56:04

86

454.2

BATE

15:57:35

62

454.2

BATE

15:57:35

33

454.6

XLON

15:57:39

16

454.6

AQXE

15:58:37

18

454.6

AQXE

15:58:37

18

454.6

AQXE

15:58:37

48

454.6

CHIX

15:58:37

103

454.6

BATE

15:58:37

1

454.6

XLON

15:58:37

3

454.6

XLON

15:58:37

20

454.6

XLON

15:58:37

172

454.6

XLON

15:58:37

181

454.6

XLON

15:58:37

15

454.8

TRQX

15:59:18

39

454.8

TRQX

15:59:18

99

454.6

BATE

16:00:07

177

454.6

XLON

16:00:07

15

454.8

AQXE

16:00:38

14

454.8

TRQX

16:02:10

204

454.8

XLON

16:02:16

46

454.8

CHIX

16:02:20

13

454.8

AQXE

16:02:36

85

454.6

BATE

16:02:53

143

454.4

XLON

16:03:01

16

454.6

AQXE

16:04:58

93

454.8

BATE

16:05:13

50

455

CHIX

16:05:16

14

454.8

TRQX

16:06:47

38

454.8

CHIX

16:06:47

208

454.8

XLON

16:06:47

207

454.8

XLON

16:06:47

96

454.8

BATE

16:07:37

86

454.8

BATE

16:09:31

15

454.6

TRQX

16:10:01

17

454.4

AQXE

16:10:02

41

454.4

CHIX

16:10:02

60

454.4

XLON

16:10:02

133

454.4

XLON

16:10:02

15

453

AQXE

16:11:02

43

453

CHIX

16:11:02

189

452.8

XLON

16:11:53

14

452.4

TRQX

16:11:56

34

452

CHIX

16:13:21

12

452.2

BATE

16:13:49

76

452.2

BATE

16:13:49

14

452.2

TRQX

16:14:01

270

452.2

XLON

16:14:44

223

451.8

BATE

16:15:04

30

451.8

TRQX

16:15:04

110

452

CHIX

16:15:26

46

451.6

AQXE

16:15:51

405

451.6

XLON

16:15:51

101

451.8

BATE

16:17:57

39

451.8

CHIX

16:17:57

138

451.6

XLON

16:17:57

23

451.6

AQXE

16:18:39

151

451.6

XLON

16:18:39

23

451.6

TRQX

16:19:16

48

451.4

CHIX

16:20:07

193

451.4

XLON

16:20:20

124

451.4

BATE

16:21:17

20

451.6

AQXE

16:21:33

125

451.2

XLON

16:21:54

16

451.4

TRQX

16:21:54

73

451.2

BATE

16:22:59

43

450.8

CHIX

16:23:08

141

450.8

XLON

16:23:08

31

450.6

AQXE

16:25:49

27

450.8

TRQX

16:25:51

63

450.6

CHIX

16:25:56

377

450.6

XLON

16:25:57

113

450.8

BATE

16:25:58

4

451

CHIX

16:27:06

62

451

XLON

16:27:11

1

451

AQXE

16:27:21

1

451.2

TRQX

16:27:36

 

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