Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8798Z

AJ Bell PLC

27 January 2022

 

AJ Bell plc (Company)

Director/PDMR Transaction - Initial Notification

The Company announces that Michael Summersgill, the deputy chief executive officer and a person discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) in the Company, exercised nominal cost options on 25 January 2022 under the Company's Executive Incentive Plan (EIP) in respect of annual awards in relation to the financial years which ended 30 September 2020 and 2021 respectively, to acquire 50,764 ordinary shares of £0.000125 each in the Company (Ordinary Shares).

Following the above transactions, the number of Ordinary Shares in which Michael Summersgill has an interest is 1,195,818 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 0.291% of the issued share capital.

This announcement, including the notification below, is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

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	Michael Summersgill
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Deputy Chief Executive 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)	LEI	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	Ordinary Shares
	Identification code	GB00BFZNLB60
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of 2020 EIP Options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  GBP 0.000125 26,655
d)	Aggregated information
	· Aggregated volume	N/A
	· Price   · Principal amount	N/A N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	25 January 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside 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	Michael Summersgill
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Deputy Chief Executive 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)	LEI	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	Ordinary Shares
	Identification code	GB00BFZNLB60
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of 2021 EIP Options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  GBP 0.000125 24,109
d)	Aggregated information
	· Aggregated volume	N/A
	· Price   · Principal amount	N/A N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	25 January 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

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

Date of notification: 27 January 2022 

 

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