AJ Bell plc
("AJ Bell" or the
"Company")
Notification and public
disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial
responsibilities and persons closely associated with
them
AJ Bell announces that on 14 January
2025, it was notified of the following
transactions (Transactions)
which took place on 8 January 2025:
As part of an offer
of free shares to all eligible employees
under the Company's HM Revenue and Customs
approved Buy As You Earn scheme (BAYE):
(1) each
person discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMR)
in AJ Bell who is named in column (1) of
the below table received the number of ordinary shares of
£0.000125 each (Ordinary Shares) in the issued share
capital of AJ Bell set alongside their respective names in column
(2) of the below table for nil consideration.
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
|
PDMR
|
Number of Ordinary Shares
acquired
|
|
Mo Tagari
|
23
|
|
Liz Carrington
|
23
|
|
Billy Mackay
|
23
|
|
Karen Goodman
|
23
|
|
Kina Sinclair
|
451
|
|
Charlie Musson
|
23
|
|
Ryan Hughes
|
23
|
(2) Nick Carrington,
who is a person closely associated (PCA) with Liz Carrington, a PDMR,
received 23 Ordinary Shares for nil consideration.
(3) Following completion of
the above Transactions, each PDMR who is named in column (1) of the below table is
interested in the number of Ordinary Shares in AJ Bell and
percentage of AJ Bell's issued share capital set alongside their
respective name in columns (2) and (3) of the below
table.
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
|
PDMR
|
Number of Ordinary Shares in
which interested
|
% of issued share
capital
|
|
Mo Tagari
|
137,320
|
0.033%
|
|
Liz Carrington
|
526,810
|
0.128%
|
|
Billy Mackay
|
1,366,507
|
0.331%
|
|
Karen Goodman
|
5,954
|
0.001%
|
|
Kina Sinclair
|
11,495
|
0.003%
|
|
Charlie Musson
|
358,738
|
0.087%
|
|
Ryan Hughes
|
126,478
|
0.031%
|
The notifications below, made in
accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation,
provide further details.
ENQUIRIES
AJ
Bell
Kina Sinclair, Group Legal Director
& Company
Secretary
+44 (0) 7701 390 708
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
|
Mohamed Tagari
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Chief Technology
Officer/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
|
Award of free shares under
BAYE
|
|
c)
|
Currency
|
GBP
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
£
nil
|
23
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
- Aggregated total
|
N/A single transaction
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 January 2025
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside of 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
|
Elizabeth Carrington
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
HR 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)
|
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
|
Award of free shares under
BAYE
|
|
c)
|
Currency
|
GBP
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
£
nil
|
23
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
- Aggregated total
|
N/A single transaction
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 January 2025
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside of 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
|
Billy Mackay
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Advised 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)
|
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
|
Award of free shares under
BAYE
|
|
c)
|
Currency
|
GBP
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
£
nil
|
23
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
- Aggregated total
|
N/A single transaction
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 January 2025
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside of 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
|
Karen Goodman
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Chief Risk Officer/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
|
Award of free shares under
BAYE
|
|
c)
|
Currency
|
GBP
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
£
nil
|
23
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
- Aggregated total
|
N/A single transaction
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 January 2025
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside of 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
|
Kina Sinclair
|
|
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
|
Award of free shares under
BAYE
|
|
c)
|
Currency
|
GBP
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
£
nil
|
451
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
- Aggregated total
|
N/A single transaction
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 January 2025
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside of 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
|
Charlie 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)
|
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
|
Award of free shares under
BAYE
|
|
c)
|
Currency
|
GBP
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
£
nil
|
23
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
- Aggregated total
|
N/A single transaction
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 January 2025
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside of 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
|
Ryan Hughes
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Managing Director AJ Bell
Investments/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
|
Award of free shares under
BAYE
|
|
c)
|
Currency
|
GBP
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
£
nil
|
23
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Aggregated Price
|
N/A single transaction
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 January 2025
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside of 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
|
Nicholas Carrington
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
PCA with Elizabeth Carrington, HR
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)
|
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
|
Award of free shares under
BAYE
|
|
c)
|
Currency
|
GBP
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
£
nil
|
23
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
- Aggregated total
|
N/A single transaction
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
8 January 2025
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside a trading venue
|
Name of officer of issuer
responsible for making notification: Kina Sinclair (Company Secretary)
Date of notification: 14 January 2025