7 February 2020
AJ Bell plc ("AJ Bell" or "Company")
Acquisition of shares by PCA
AJ Bell has been notified that on 4 February 2020 the A J Bell Trust, a registered charity, and a person closely associated (PCA) with Andy Bell, the Chief Executive Officer and a person discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) in the Company, was gifted 25,000 ordinary shares of £0.000125 each in the Company (Ordinary Shares) for nil consideration.
Following the transaction, the number of shares in which Andy Bell, together with persons closely associated with him, has an interest has increased to 98,338,095 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 23.99% of the Company's total issued share capital).
This announcement, including the notification below, is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
For further information, please contact:
AJ Bell plc
Bruce Robinson, Company Secretary +44 (0) 780 234 4859
AJ Bell plc
Notification of transactions of Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities/Person closely associated
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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a) |
Name |
A J Bell Trust |
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2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
PCA of Chief Executive Officer/PDMR |
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b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
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3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
AJ Bell plc |
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b) |
LEI |
213800VNKA7DPWXWJJ36 |
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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 |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
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Ordinary shares of £0.000125 each
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GB00BFZNLB60 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Gift of shares for nil consideration |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
£0.00 |
25,000 |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Not applicable Not applicable |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
4 February 2020 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside of trading venue |
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Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Bruce Robinson (Company Secretary) Date of notification: 7 February 2020 |
