Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5775H

AJ Bell PLC

04 December 2020

 

AJ Bell plc

("AJ Bell", the "Company")

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

The Company announces that it has been notified of the below transactions on 3 December 2020 (Transactions). 

(1)  Those persons discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) in the Company who are named in column (1) of the below table sold the number of ordinary shares of £0.000125 each in the Company (Ordinary Shares) set alongside their respective names in column (2) of the below table on 3 December 2020 at a price of 434.7265 pence per share .

(1)	(2)
PDMR	Number of Ordinary Shares sold
Directors
Les Platts	115,350
Simon Turner	79,952
Michael Summersgill	132,478
Senior Manager
Charles Galbraith	500,000

(2)  Those persons who are named in column (1) of the below table, who are persons closely associated (PCA) with the PDMRs named in column (2) of the below table, sold the number of Ordinary Shares set alongside their respective names in column (3) of the below table on 3 December 2020.

(1)	(2)	(3)
PCA	PDMR	Number of Ordinary Shares sold
Lucy Summersgill	Michael Summersgill	202,718
Sabine Robinson	Bruce Robinson	5,624

(3)  Following completion of the Transactions, each of the PDMRs named in column (1) of the below table is interested in the number of Ordinary Shares in the Company and percentage of the Company's issued share capital set alongside their respective names in columns (2) and (3) of the below table.

(1)	(2)	(3)
PDMR	Number of shares in which interested	% of issued share capital
Les Platts	310,517	0.075
Simon Turner	189,190	0.046
Michael Summersgill	1,145,054	0.279
Charles Galbraith	2,015,703	0.491
Bruce Robinson	629,319	0.153

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

ENQUIRIES

AJ Bell  

· Bruce Robinson, 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	Leslie Platts
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman/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	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		434.7265 pence	115,350
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	N/A single transaction
f)	Date of the transaction	3 December 2020
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Simon Turner
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive 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	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		434.7265 pence	79,952
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	N/A single transaction
f)	Date of the transaction	3 December 2020
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Michael Summersgill
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial 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	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		434.7265 pence	132,478
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	N/A single transaction
f)	Date of the transaction	3 December 2020
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Charles Galbraith
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Managing Director, AJ Bell Investcentre
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	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		434.7265 pence	500,000
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total	N/A single transaction
f)	Date of the transaction	3 December 2020
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Lucy Summersgill
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA with Michael Summersgill, Chief Financial 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	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		434.7265 pence	202,718
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price	N/A single transaction
f)	Date of the transaction	3 December 2020
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Sabine Robinson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA with Bruce Robinson, Group Legal Services Director and 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	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		434.7265 pence	5,624
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total	N/A single transaction
f)	Date of the transaction	3 December 2020
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Bruce Robinson (Company Secretary)

Date of notification: 4 December 2020

 

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