Director/PDMR Shareholding

AJ Bell

17/10/2025 11:27

RNS Number : 8700D

AJ Bell PLC

17 October 2025

 

AJ Bell plc

("AJ Bell" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Transactions - Initial Notification

 

The Company announces that on 14 October 2025 Pete Birch, the Chief Financial Officer and a person discharging managerial responsibility (PDMR) in the Company:

(i)   acquired 38,133 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 17,924 of those Ordinary Shares at a price of £5.422082 pence per Ordinary Share in order to pay associated income tax and national insurance contribution liabilities.

 

(ii)   sold 20,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of £5.4375 pence per Ordinary Share.

Following the above transaction, the number of Ordinary Shares in which Pete Birch has an interest is 14,856 Ordinary Shares, which represents 0.004% of the issued share capital.

This announcement, including the notification below, is made in accordance with the requirements of the UK 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
Pete Birch
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Chief Financial 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
Exercise of FY24 ASA options under EIP
c)
Currency
GBP
d)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
£0.000125
38,133
e)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
- Aggregated total
N/A single transaction
f)
Date of the transaction
14 October 2025
g)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue

 

1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)
Name
Peter Birch
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Chief Financial 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)
(i) £5.422082
17,924
(ii) £5.4375
20,000
e)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
- Aggregated total
37,924
5.43
205,935.40
f)
Date of the transaction
14 October 2025
g)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange

 

Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Kina Sinclair (Company Secretary)

Date of notification: 17 October 2025

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