Transaction in Own Shares

Summary by AI BETAClose X

AJ Bell plc has purchased 39,981 of its ordinary shares on January 16, 2026, as part of its £50 million share buyback program, with the volume-weighted average price paid being 452.20 pence per share, ranging from 450.20 to 455.00 pence. These shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 400,597,384, which will also represent the total voting rights.

Disclaimer*

AJ Bell PLC
19 January 2026
 

19 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:

16 January 2026

Number of ordinary £0.000125 shares purchased:

39,981

Highest price paid per share (pence):

455.00

Lowest price paid per share (pence):

450.20

Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):

452.20

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 400,597,384 ordinary shares, with no ordinary shares in treasury.

The figure of 400,597,384 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)

452.17

23,590

Chi-X (CHIX)

452.18

4,224

BATE (BATE)

452.25

9,245

Aquis (AQXE)

452.34

1,507

Turquoise (TRQX)

452.21

1,415

 

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

Number of Shares Purchased

Transaction Price (Pence per Share)

Venue

Time of Transaction

17

450.4

XLON

08:14:31

171

450.4

XLON

08:14:31

14

450.2

TRQX

08:18:12

101

450.8

BATE

08:21:44

52

450.8

CHIX

08:25:12

19

451.2

XLON

08:29:37

135

451.2

XLON

08:29:37

17

451

AQXE

08:30:27

95

450.6

BATE

08:34:33

14

450.8

TRQX

08:34:38

40

450.6

CHIX

08:35:51

222

450.6

XLON

08:39:13

17

451

AQXE

08:40:24

89

452

BATE

08:51:12

1

452

TRQX

08:52:42

91

452

BATE

08:52:57

2

452

TRQX

08:52:57

49

452

CHIX

08:52:57

14

452

TRQX

08:53:49

15

452

TRQX

08:53:49

28

452

XLON

08:54:03

56

452

XLON

08:54:03

237

452

XLON

08:54:03

35

452.2

CHIX

08:56:08

160

452

XLON

09:00:01

3

452

TRQX

09:01:52

12

452

TRQX

09:02:34

45

452

CHIX

09:02:34

233

452

XLON

09:02:34

94

452.2

BATE

09:02:48

70

452.2

BATE

09:04:55

2

452

XLON

09:05:48

240

452

XLON

09:09:47

96

452.4

BATE

09:10:20

190

452.6

XLON

09:12:12

23

452.4

TRQX

09:14:00

14

452.4

TRQX

09:17:05

220

452.6

XLON

09:17:56

12

452.4

BATE

09:18:13

83

452.4

BATE

09:18:13

134

452.6

XLON

09:21:08

37

452

CHIX

09:21:20

43

452

CHIX

09:21:20

16

452

AQXE

09:21:20

44

452

CHIX

09:21:20

16

452

AQXE

09:21:20

46

452

AQXE

09:21:20

14

452.4

TRQX

09:21:47

101

452

BATE

09:25:31

65

452

CHIX

09:25:31

34

452.2

XLON

09:25:39

179

452.2

XLON

09:25:39

17

452

AQXE

09:25:40

14

452.4

TRQX

09:27:18

88

452

BATE

09:33:09

13

452.4

TRQX

09:37:43

88

452.6

BATE

09:40:58

159

453.2

XLON

09:44:13

44

453.2

CHIX

09:44:18

264

453.4

XLON

09:46:08

1

453

AQXE

09:49:24

15

453

AQXE

09:49:29

20

453

AQXE

09:49:29

50

452.8

CHIX

09:49:31

84

453.2

BATE

09:49:36

17

452.4

TRQX

09:50:03

15

453

AQXE

09:51:44

107

452.8

XLON

09:55:00

100

452.8

XLON

09:55:00

15

453

AQXE

10:05:30

42

452.8

CHIX

10:06:29

12

452.4

TRQX

10:06:29

197

452.8

XLON

10:10:18

107

452.8

BATE

10:10:19

13

452.4

TRQX

10:14:36

39

452.8

CHIX

10:15:23

13

452.6

AQXE

10:15:44

160

452.4

XLON

10:18:08

97

452.2

BATE

10:18:13

15

452.2

TRQX

10:22:14

16

452.4

AQXE

10:26:15

216

451.6

XLON

10:28:31

49

451.8

CHIX

10:28:53

96

452.2

BATE

10:29:27

1

452

AQXE

10:35:21

15

452.4

AQXE

10:35:21

106

452.2

BATE

10:35:53

17

452.2

TRQX

10:36:00

16

452.4

AQXE

10:37:41

158

452.2

BATE

10:38:14

1

452.4

AQXE

10:39:30

28

452.4

AQXE

10:39:30

111

452.2

BATE

10:40:32

15

452.4

AQXE

10:41:58

38

451.8

CHIX

10:42:25

41

451.8

CHIX

10:42:25

63

451.8

CHIX

10:42:25

49

451.8

CHIX

10:42:25

354

451.8

XLON

10:42:25

13

452

TRQX

10:42:25

177

451.8

XLON

10:42:25

177

451.8

XLON

10:42:25

414

451.8

XLON

10:42:25

16

452

TRQX

10:42:25

73

451.6

BATE

10:42:25

14

452

TRQX

10:42:25

16

452

TRQX

10:42:25

72

451.8

XLON

10:44:18

76

451.8

XLON

10:44:18

1

451.8

CHIX

10:44:25

34

451.8

CHIX

10:44:35

14

451.6

TRQX

10:50:10

15

451.4

AQXE

10:53:01

79

451

BATE

10:53:04

195

451

XLON

10:53:56

43

450.8

CHIX

10:57:10

15

450.8

TRQX

10:59:36

191

450.2

XLON

11:00:09

43

450.8

CHIX

11:08:04

105

450.2

BATE

11:08:52

15

451.4

AQXE

11:08:52

17

450.2

XLON

11:09:59

127

450.2

XLON

11:09:59

92

450.6

BATE

11:18:43

152

450.4

XLON

11:18:55

17

450.6

TRQX

11:25:13

32

450.6

XLON

11:27:48

178

450.6

XLON

11:27:48

41

450.6

CHIX

11:29:26

182

451.2

XLON

11:37:11

112

450.8

BATE

11:42:11

124

450.8

BATE

11:42:11

1

451

AQXE

11:42:55

21

451

AQXE

11:42:55

252

451

XLON

11:43:25

16

451

AQXE

11:44:57

47

450.8

CHIX

11:45:57

47

450.8

CHIX

11:45:57

15

451

AQXE

11:46:50

37

450.8

CHIX

11:47:39

78

451

BATE

11:48:06

194

450.8

XLON

11:49:28

22

451

AQXE

11:50:21

36

451

BATE

11:51:58

54

451

BATE

11:51:58

165

450.8

XLON

11:52:19

15

451

AQXE

11:54:10

161

450.8

XLON

11:55:34

49

451

CHIX

11:55:54

19

450.6

TRQX

11:56:01

1

450.6

TRQX

11:56:03

12

450.6

TRQX

11:56:03

13

450.6

TRQX

11:56:03

16

450.6

TRQX

11:56:03

14

450.6

TRQX

11:56:03

105

450.8

BATE

11:56:55

37

450.6

CHIX

11:59:02

175

450.6

XLON

12:02:55

17

450.6

AQXE

12:03:05

91

450.8

BATE

12:04:20

159

450.6

XLON

12:05:02

177

450.8

XLON

12:13:01

57

451

CHIX

12:17:53

127

451.2

BATE

12:18:40

198

450.6

XLON

12:21:15

23

450.4

TRQX

12:24:56

34

450.6

XLON

12:25:13

116

450.6

XLON

12:25:13

15

450.4

TRQX

12:27:50

128

451.2

BATE

12:28:17

67

451.4

CHIX

12:34:29

59

451.6

CHIX

12:36:21

23

451.6

TRQX

12:38:59

218

451.4

XLON

12:39:10

347

451.4

XLON

12:39:10

139

451.2

BATE

12:40:00

182

451.4

XLON

12:44:22

177

451.4

XLON

12:46:45

84

451.2

BATE

12:50:57

128

451.2

BATE

12:50:57

34

451.2

BATE

12:50:57

61

451.2

CHIX

12:50:57

61

451.2

CHIX

12:50:57

17

451.2

AQXE

12:50:57

23

451.2

AQXE

12:50:57

46

451.2

AQXE

12:50:57

15

451.2

TRQX

12:50:57

17

451.2

AQXE

12:50:57

19

451.2

TRQX

12:50:57

198

451.2

XLON

12:50:57

189

451

XLON

12:51:56

4

451.2

TRQX

12:53:23

16

451.2

TRQX

12:53:23

209

451

XLON

12:53:57

22

451.2

AQXE

12:53:58

65

451.2

CHIX

12:54:41

17

451.2

TRQX

12:55:04

192

451.2

XLON

12:57:29

9

451.2

AQXE

12:57:53

12

451.2

AQXE

12:57:55

139

451

BATE

12:58:07

50

451

CHIX

12:58:33

19

451.2

TRQX

12:59:43

24

451

XLON

12:59:57

147

451

XLON

12:59:57

145

450.8

BATE

12:59:59

22

450.8

AQXE

13:03:53

172

451.6

XLON

13:05:37

63

451.8

CHIX

13:07:49

155

452

BATE

13:08:24

180

452.2

XLON

13:08:27

17

452

TRQX

13:09:47

23

452

CHIX

13:14:59

25

452

CHIX

13:14:59

177

451.4

XLON

13:16:00

18

451.8

AQXE

13:16:24

3

452

AQXE

13:16:37

19

451.6

TRQX

13:17:36

113

451.6

BATE

13:17:47

185

451.2

XLON

13:18:18

20

451.6

TRQX

13:20:40

179

451.2

XLON

13:21:52

68

451.4

CHIX

13:22:05

32

451.6

BATE

13:22:21

104

451.6

BATE

13:22:21

71

451.6

BATE

13:27:19

71

451.6

BATE

13:27:19

9

451.6

TRQX

13:27:40

10

451.6

TRQX

13:27:40

61

451.8

CHIX

13:39:58

19

451.8

TRQX

13:39:58

72

451.8

CHIX

13:39:58

587

451.8

XLON

13:39:58

160

451.8

XLON

13:39:58

216

451.8

XLON

13:39:58

120

451.6

BATE

13:40:00

171

452

XLON

13:42:38

19

451.8

TRQX

13:43:24

25

451.6

BATE

13:44:51

101

451.6

BATE

13:44:51

23

451.6

AQXE

13:44:51

61

451.6

CHIX

13:44:51

61

451.6

AQXE

13:44:51

52

451.6

CHIX

13:58:12

65

451.6

CHIX

13:58:52

32

451.6

BATE

13:58:56

132

451.6

BATE

13:58:56

35

452

XLON

14:05:05

92

452

XLON

14:05:05

139

452

XLON

14:05:05

50

453.8

CHIX

14:05:56

30

453.8

TRQX

14:06:05

21

453.8

TRQX

14:06:05

135

454.4

BATE

14:06:20

369

454

XLON

14:06:34

195

454

XLON

14:06:43

20

453.8

AQXE

14:07:45

47

453.8

AQXE

14:07:45

176

453.6

XLON

14:08:09

14

453.6

TRQX

14:08:09

7

453.6

TRQX

14:08:09

129

454.4

BATE

14:11:33

60

454.6

CHIX

14:13:01

202

454.4

XLON

14:13:17

162

454.4

XLON

14:17:14

19

455

TRQX

14:17:23

17

454.6

AQXE

14:17:48

145

455

BATE

14:18:52

20

454.6

AQXE

14:20:04

147

454.6

XLON

14:21:07

57

454.8

CHIX

14:21:33

19

454.8

TRQX

14:25:11

128

454.8

BATE

14:25:31

21

454.6

AQXE

14:25:36

58

454.4

CHIX

14:27:16

196

454.2

XLON

14:28:17

270

454.2

XLON

14:28:17

21

454.6

AQXE

14:28:23

103

454

BATE

14:28:39

19

454

TRQX

14:30:14

184

454

XLON

14:30:14

144

454.4

BATE

14:30:52

62

454.2

CHIX

14:31:13

21

454.2

AQXE

14:31:13

209

454.2

XLON

14:32:17

20

454.4

TRQX

14:32:46

63

454.2

CHIX

14:33:44

20

454.2

AQXE

14:34:19

22

453.4

TRQX

14:34:35

181

453.4

XLON

14:35:37

248

453.4

XLON

14:35:37

63

453.6

CHIX

14:36:03

129

453.6

BATE

14:36:19

128

453.6

BATE

14:38:56

193

453.2

XLON

14:39:01

22

453

TRQX

14:39:23

20

453

AQXE

14:40:27

18

453

TRQX

14:41:19

24

453

AQXE

14:42:47

115

453.2

BATE

14:42:49

63

453.2

CHIX

14:42:51

197

453

XLON

14:42:52

218

452.6

XLON

14:43:06

110

452.6

BATE

14:45:44

44

453

XLON

14:45:47

174

453

XLON

14:45:47

40

452.6

CHIX

14:46:49

42

452.6

XLON

14:47:27

176

452.6

XLON

14:47:27

202

452.6

XLON

14:47:27

127

452.8

BATE

14:48:15

21

452.8

AQXE

14:48:29

25

452.8

AQXE

14:48:29

31

452.6

TRQX

14:48:56

22

452.6

TRQX

14:48:56

189

452.6

XLON

14:48:56

92

453

CHIX

14:49:03

59

452.4

CHIX

14:50:17

133

453

BATE

14:50:24

176

452.6

XLON

14:51:49

19

452.6

TRQX

14:52:00

23

452.8

AQXE

14:52:27

66

452.6

CHIX

14:53:24

130

453

BATE

14:53:51

204

452.6

XLON

14:55:24

10

452

XLON

14:56:24

139

452

XLON

14:56:24

2

451.6

AQXE

14:57:21

35

451.8

XLON

14:58:25

120

451.8

XLON

14:58:25

148

452.6

BATE

14:58:43

31

451.6

CHIX

15:00:06

23

451.6

TRQX

15:00:06

28

451.6

CHIX

15:00:06

20

451.6

AQXE

15:00:13

195

451

XLON

15:01:04

18

451.4

TRQX

15:02:19

21

451.6

AQXE

15:02:27

208

451.2

XLON

15:04:07

66

451

CHIX

15:04:07

115

451

BATE

15:04:07

21

451.6

TRQX

15:07:55

1

451.6

AQXE

15:08:13

19

451.8

AQXE

15:08:13

173

451.6

XLON

15:09:48

143

451.6

BATE

15:10:18

68

451.6

CHIX

15:13:13

188

451.8

XLON

15:14:53

20

451.8

AQXE

15:15:27

209

451.6

XLON

15:16:46

180

451.8

XLON

15:18:48

54

452

CHIX

15:20:19

3

452

TRQX

15:22:08

6

452

TRQX

15:22:35

147

451.8

XLON

15:22:35

16

452

TRQX

15:22:35

26

452

TRQX

15:22:35

62

452

CHIX

15:24:35

203

452

XLON

15:28:27

43

452.2

CHIX

15:28:47

57

452.2

CHIX

15:28:47

24

452

AQXE

15:30:17

106

452

BATE

15:30:17

148

452

BATE

15:30:17

202

452

BATE

15:30:17

17

452

XLON

15:30:17

20

452

TRQX

15:30:17

22

452

TRQX

15:30:17

37

452

AQXE

15:30:17

178

452

XLON

15:30:17

241

452

XLON

15:30:17

182

452

XLON

15:32:13

2

452

AQXE

15:32:47

18

452

AQXE

15:32:47

123

452

BATE

15:33:11

60

451.6

CHIX

15:35:10

195

451.6

XLON

15:35:10

22

451.6

TRQX

15:36:10

119

451.6

BATE

15:37:47

19

451.8

AQXE

15:38:16

170

451.6

XLON

15:38:32

17

451.6

TRQX

15:38:36

76

451.6

XLON

15:39:28

59

451.8

CHIX

15:39:42

94

451.6

XLON

15:40:13

21

451.6

AQXE

15:40:40

133

451.8

BATE

15:40:58

193

451.4

XLON

15:42:03

52

451.4

CHIX

15:42:49

18

451.4

TRQX

15:42:54

185

451.4

XLON

15:48:00

23

451.4

AQXE

15:48:00

52

451.4

CHIX

15:48:00

156

451.8

BATE

15:48:29

45

452

CHIX

15:52:29

150

452

XLON

15:52:29

19

452

AQXE

15:52:29

20

452

TRQX

15:52:29

180

452

XLON

15:52:29

207

452

XLON

15:52:29

19

452

TRQX

15:52:29

4

452

BATE

15:52:39

21

452

AQXE

15:54:40

21

452.2

TRQX

15:56:15

173

452.2

XLON

15:56:17

56

452.2

CHIX

15:56:27

132

452

BATE

15:57:28

173

452

XLON

15:57:28

57

452

CHIX

15:57:36

24

452

AQXE

15:57:37

17

452

TRQX

15:58:38

152

452

BATE

15:58:59

207

452

XLON

15:59:14

18

452

AQXE

16:00:23

117

452

BATE

16:00:58

127

452

BATE

16:00:58

113

452

XLON

16:01:50

22

452

TRQX

16:01:50

68

452

XLON

16:01:50

273

452

XLON

16:01:50

6

451.8

AQXE

16:02:36

15

451.8

AQXE

16:02:38

170

451.6

XLON

16:03:41

18

451.6

CHIX

16:03:44

45

451.6

CHIX

16:03:44

64

451.6

CHIX

16:03:44

119

451.8

BATE

16:04:40

5

451.8

TRQX

16:04:50

17

451.8

TRQX

16:04:50

17

451.8

AQXE

16:05:10

164

451.6

XLON

16:07:24

195

451.6

XLON

16:08:13

127

451.8

BATE

16:09:21

4

451.8

TRQX

16:09:32

17

451.8

TRQX

16:09:32

5

451.6

CHIX

16:09:56

186

451.8

XLON

16:09:57

62

451.6

CHIX

16:10:50

21

453.8

AQXE

16:13:42

83

453.6

XLON

16:13:46

43

453.6

XLON

16:13:46

53

453.6

XLON

16:13:46

372

454

BATE

16:15:16

725

454

XLON

16:16:08

61

454

CHIX

16:16:13

69

454

TRQX

16:16:34

231

453.8

CHIX

16:16:34

13

454

AQXE

16:16:45

19

454

AQXE

16:17:50

37

454

AQXE

16:17:50

237

454

BATE

16:19:48

466

454.2

XLON

16:20:43

38

454.4

TRQX

16:22:06

54

454.2

CHIX

16:22:21

4

454

CHIX

16:22:55

41

454

AQXE

16:22:55

294

454

XLON

16:25:10

12

454

CHIX

16:25:10

18

454

AQXE

16:25:17

17

454

CHIX

16:26:36

213

454

BATE

16:26:36

14

454

CHIX

16:26:39

1

454

AQXE

16:27:07

344

454.2

XLON

16:29:39

 

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