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RNS Number : 7384R  AJ Bell PLC  04 February 2026

4 February 2026

AJ Bell plc

("AJ Bell" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

AJ Bell is pleased to announce that at its 2026 Annual General Meeting
("AGM"), held today, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The full text of
each resolution can be found in the Notice of Meeting, which is available for
inspection at the National Storage Mechanism and also on the Company's website
at ajbell.co.uk/group/investor-relations/agm.

The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

 Resolution                                                                      For                                                                            Against             Total                         Withheld*
                                                                                 No. of votes                                                            %      No. of votes  %     No. of votes  % of ISC voted  No. of votes
 1.   To receive and adopt the Company's annual accounts for the financial                                                                               99.97  92,056        0.03  315,858,169   78.91           2,312,191
 year ended 30 September 2025                                                    315,766,113

 2.   To approve the directors' remuneration report                              308,919,480                                                             98.27  5,443,621     1.73  314,363,101   78.53           3,807,259
 3.   To declare a final dividend for the financial year ended 30 September      318,052,355                                                             99.97  90,864        0.03  318,143,219   79.48           27,141
 2025 of 9.75 pence per ordinary share payable on 13 February 2026
 4.   To re-elect Fiona Clutterbuck as a director                                308,228,911                                                             96.92  9,799,016     3.08  318,027,927   79.45           142,433
 5.   To re-elect Michael Summersgill as a director                              316,064,096                                                             99.35  2,066,205     0.65  318,130,301   79.48           40,059
 6.   To re-elect Peter Birch as a director                                      315,993,308                                                             99.34  2,112,346     0.66  318,105,654   79.47           64,706
 7.   To re-elect Eamonn Flanagan as a director                                  313,519,399                                                             98.56  4,585,910     1.44  318,105,309   79.47           65,051
 8.   To re-elect Fiona Fry as a director                                        316,589,331                                                             99.52  1,542,498     0.48  318,131,829   79.48           38,531
 9.   To re-elect Margaret Hassall as a director                                 312,462,014                                                             98.23  5,645,168     1.77  318,107,182   79.47           63,178
 10. To re-elect Les Platts as a director                                        316,041,457                                                             99.35  2,060,308     0.65  318,101,765   79.47           68,595
 11. To re-elect Julie Chakraverty as a director                                 317,423,156                                                             99.81  596,072       0.19  318,019,228   79.45           151,132
 12. To appoint Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP as auditors of the Company           317,913,192                                                             99.96  119,487       0.04  318,032,679   79.45           137,681
 13. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Board to determine the auditors'    317,030,286                                                             99.66  1,090,799     0.34  318,121,085   79.47           49,275
 remuneration
 14. That the directors are authorised to allot shares in the Company or grant   307,852,612                                                             96.78  10,257,017    3.22  318,109,629   79.47           60,731
 rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company
 15. To disapply pre-emption rights and authorise the directors to allot equity  317,910,842                                                             99.94  196,342       0.06  318,107,184   79.47           63,176
 securities for cash up to an aggregate number of 20,242,296 ordinary shares**
 16. That the Company be authorised to make market purchases of its own shares   316,898,118                                                             99.95  155,024       0.05  317,053,142   79.21           1,117,218
 up to an aggregate number of 40,242,295 ordinary shares**
 17. That a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, may be        309,318,956                                                             97.24  8,783,194     2.76  318,102,150   79.47           68,210
 called on not less than 14 clear days' notice**

 

* A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of the proportion of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

** Special resolutions requiring a 75% majority.

In accordance with UKLR 6.4.2, a copy of this document has been submitted to
the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

For further information, please contact:

AJ Bell plc

 Kina Sinclair, Group Legal Director & Company Secretary      0345 40 89 100
 Mark Coxhead, Head of Investor Relations

 

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