AJ Bell PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (2262W)

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RNS Number : 2262W

AJ Bell PLC

08 December 2023

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 on 7 December 2023:

(1) The Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs) named in column (1) of the below table exercised nominal cost options under the Company's Executive Incentive Plan (EIP) in respect of share awards granted on 12 December 2019 (FY20 DSA) and 9 December 2022 (FY23 ASA) to acquire the number of Ordinary Shares set alongside their respective names in column (2) of the below table and, where indicated in column (3) of that table, then sold some of those Ordinary Shares at a price of GBP3.03 per Ordinary Share to pay associated income tax and national insurance contribution liabilities (PDMR Transactions).

 
         (1)                  (2)                  (3) 
 PDMRs                 Number of Ordinary   Number of Ordinary 
                        Shares acquired      Shares sold 
                      -------------------  ------------------- 
 Michael Summersgill              102,778                    0 
                      -------------------  ------------------- 
 Peter Birch                       46,779               18,722 
                      -------------------  ------------------- 
 Roger Stott                       37,145               14,866 
                      -------------------  ------------------- 
 Mo Tagari                         18,880                7,557 
                      -------------------  ------------------- 
 Liz Carrington                     6,702                2,683 
                      -------------------  -------------------

(2) Nick Carrington, who is a person closely associated (PCA) with Liz Carrington, a PDMR, exercised nominal cost options under the EIP in respect of annual awards granted on 9 December 2022 (FY23 ASA) to acquire 5,276 Ordinary Shares and then sold 2,112 of those Ordinary Shares at a price of GBP3.03 per Ordinary Share to pay associated income tax and national insurance contribution liabilities (PCA Transaction).

(3) Following completion of the PDMR Transactions and the PCA Transaction, 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       % of issued share 
                        in which interested    capital 
                      ---------------------  ------------------ 
 Michael Summersgill              1,248,960               0.303 
                      ---------------------  ------------------ 
 Peter Birch                         54,557               0.013 
                      ---------------------  ------------------ 
 Roger Stott                        254,012               0.062 
                      ---------------------  ------------------ 
 Mo Tagari                          110,140               0.027 
                      ---------------------  ------------------ 
 Liz Carrington                     606,195               0.147 
                      ---------------------  ------------------

For further information, please contact:

AJ Bell plc

Olubunmi Likinyo, Company Secretary +44 (0) 784 242 5845