This announcement amends and replaces the announcement "Issue of ordinary shares" made by AJ Bell plc ("AJ Bell" or "Company") on 2 July 2019 at 11.05am under RNS Number: 2115E.
The previous announcement made reference to the issue of 1,045,124 new ordinary shares of £0.000125. The reference should have been to the issue of 1,393,558 new ordinary shares of £0.000125. As a consequence, the references in the previous announcement to the total number of ordinary shares in issue, the total number of voting rights in the Company and the figure which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they may determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules as being 408,381,777 were incorrect. Those references should have been to 408,730,211 ordinary shares. All of the other information remains unchanged.
The amended announcement is set out in full below:
9 September 2019
AJ Bell plc ("AJ Bell" or "Company")
Issue of ordinary shares
On 7 June 2019, the Company issued 1,393,558 new ordinary shares of £0.000125 each from its block listing authority of 24 December 2018 for the purposes of its Company Share Option Plan, Executive Incentive Plan and Buy As You Earn Scheme. Those shares rank equally in all respects with the existing issued ordinary shares in the Company.
Following these issues, as announced in the Company's Six Monthly Block Listing Return on 24 June 2019, the Company has the ability to issue a further 1,325,783 ordinary shares under the 24 December 2018 block listing authority.
As a result of these issues, the total number of ordinary shares in issue now stands at 408,730,211 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is 408,730,211.
There are no shares held in Treasury.
The above figure of 408,730,211 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they may determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
AJ Bell plc
Bruce Robinson, Company Secretary +44 (0) 780 234 4859
Shaun Yates, Head of Investor Relations +44 (0) 752 223 5898