Numis Securities Limited Numis Securities - Placing of AJ Bell plc shares (1240K)
30 Dicembre 2020 - 9:30AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1240K
Numis Securities Limited
30 December 2020
30 December 2020
Placing of 5,380,622 ordinary shares in AJ Bell plc ("AJ Bell"
or the "Company")
Andy Bell and Fergus Lyons (together, the "Sellers"), PDMRs of
the Company have sold, subject to completion, 3,624,994 and
1,755,628 ordinary shares of GBP0.000125 each in the Company (the
"Placing Shares") respectively at a price of 460 pence per share
(the "Placing"). The Placing Shares represent approximately 1.31%
of the Company's issued share capital. Following the Placing, Andy
Bell and Fergus Lyons will have interests in 93,085,552 and
15,746,388 ordinary shares of the Company respectively.
The proceeds of the Placing are payable in cash and will be
settled on a T+2 basis (unless otherwise agreed), and settlement of
the Placing is expected to occur on or about 4(th) January
2021.
The Company will not receive any proceeds from the Placing.
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constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse
Regulation. Upon the publication of this announcement via a
regulatory information service, this inside information is now
considered to be in the public domain.
Enquiries:
Numis Securities
James Taylor / Jamie Loughborough / Matthew Jones +44 (0) 20 7260 1000
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ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OFFER OF SECURITIES TO WHICH IT RELATES ARE
ONLY ADDRESSED TO AND DIRECTED AT (1) IN ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, PERSONS WHO ARE QUALIFIED INVESTORS
("QUALIFIED INVESTORS") WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(1)(E) OF EU
DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC (AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO, INCLUDING
DIRECTIVE 2010/73/EU) AND ANY RELEVANT IMPLEMENTING MEASURES (THE
"PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE"); AND (2) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , QUALIFIED
INVESTORS WHO (I) HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING
TO INVESTMENTS WHO FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL
SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (AS
AMENDED) (THE "ORDER"); OR (II) FALL WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D)
OF THE ORDER OR (III) ARE PERSONS TO WHOM AN OFFER OF THE PLACING
SHARES MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE MADE (ALL SUCH PERSONS REFERRED TO
IN (1) AND (2) TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS").
THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE PLACING SET OUT IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT
PERSONS. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL
BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS.
This announcement and the information contained herein is for
information purposes only and does not constitute or form part of
any offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to acquire or dispose
of securities in the United States , Canada , Australia , South
Africa or Japan or in any other jurisdiction in which such an offer
or solicitation is unlawful. Neither this announcement nor any copy
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indirectly, in or into or from the United States (including its
territories and possessions ), Canada , Australia , South Africa or
Japan . The distribution of this announcement may be restricted by
law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession this
document or other information referred to herein comes should
inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any
failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a
violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
The securities referred to herein have not been, and will not
be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
" US Securities Act "), or under the applicable securities laws of
any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or of Canada ,
Australia , South Africa or Japan or of any other jurisdiction .
Such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States
unless registered under the US Securities Act or offered in a
transaction exempt from, or not otherwise subject to, the
registration requirements of the US Securities Act and the
securities laws of any relevant state or other jurisdiction of the
United States . There will be no public offering of such securities
in the United States or in any other jurisdiction.
The securities referred to herein have not been approved or
disapproved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, any state
securities commission or other regulatory authority in the United
States , nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or
endorsed the merits of the Placing or the accuracy or adequacy of
this announcement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offence in the United States .
No prospectus or offering document has been or will be prepared
in connection with the Placing. Any investment decision to buy
securities in the Placing must be made solely on the basis of
publicly available information. Such information is not the
responsibility of and has not been independently verified by either
of the Sellers, Numis Securities Limited ("Numis") or any of their
respective affiliates.
The distribution of this announcement and the offering or sale
of the Placing Shares in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by
law. No action has been taken that would, or which is intended to,
permit a public offer of the Placing Shares in any jurisdiction or
possession or distribution of this announcement or any other
offering or publicity material relating to the Placing Shares in
any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Persons
into whose possession this announcement comes are required by the
Sellers and Numis to inform themselves about and to observe any
applicable restrictions.
Numis, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial
Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting only for the
Sellers in connection with the Placing and will not be responsible
to anyone other than the Sellers for providing the protections
offered to its clients nor for providing advice in relation to the
Placing or any matters referred to in this announcement.
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