20 December 2022
AJ Bell plc ("AJ Bell" or "Company")
Director/PDMR Transaction - Initial Notification
The Company announces that on 19 December 2022:
(1) Mo Tagari, the chief technology officer and a person discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) in the Company, acquired 22,444 ordinary shares of £0.000125 each in the Company (Ordinary Shares) after exercising nominal cost options under the Company's Executive Incentive Plan (EIP); and then sold 10,549 of those Ordinary Shares at a price of £3.498 pence per Ordinary Share in order to pay associated income tax and national insurance contribution liabilities.
Following the above transactions, the number of Ordinary Shares in which Mo Tagari has an interest is 91,837 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 0.022% 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 | Mohamed Tagari | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Technology 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 | Acquisition on exercise of 2019 EIP Options | |
| c) | Currency | GBP | |
| d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| GBP 0.000125 | 22,444 | ||
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total |
N/A single transaction | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 19 December 2022 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |
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 | Mohamed Tagari | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Technology 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) |
| £3.498 | 10,549 | ||
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total |
N/A single transaction | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 19 December 2022 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |
Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Bruce Robinson (Company Secretary)
Date of notification: 20 December 2022
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