REG - AJ Bell PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
03/06/2025 07:00
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RNS Number : 1063L AJ Bell PLC 03 June 2025
3 June 2025
AJ Bell plc
Transaction in Own Shares
AJ Bell plc ("Company") announces that it has purchased the following number
of its ordinary shares of £0.000125 each through Jefferies International
Limited ("Jefferies"), as part of the share buyback programme, of up to £25m,
announced on 23 May 2025.
Date of purchase: 2 June 2025
Number of ordinary £0.000125 shares purchased: 40,584
Highest price paid per share (pence): 499.60
Lowest price paid per share (pence): 489.20
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence): 494.61
The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares and does not intend to hold
any of the purchased shares in treasury.
Following settlement of the above purchases and cancellation of the purchased
ordinary shares, the Company's total number of ordinary shares in issue shall
be 406,367,051 ordinary shares, with no ordinary shares in treasury.
The figure of 406,367,051 ordinary shares represents the total voting rights
in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial
Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as
incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018)
the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by
Jefferies on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.
Enquiries to:
AJ Bell
· Kina Sinclair, Group Legal Director & Company Secretary 0345 40 89 100
Aggregated Information of Ordinary Shares Purchased According to Each Trading
Venue:
Trading Venue Weighted Average Price Aggregated Volume
(Pence per Share)
London Stock Exchange (LSE) 494.61 27,227
Chi-X (CHIX) 494.60 3,703
BATE (BATE) 494.61 6,794
Aquis (AQXE) 494.60 1,610
Turquoise (TRQX) 494.63 1,250
Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions
Number of Shares Purchased Transaction Price (Pence per Share) Venue Time of Transaction
36 492 CHIX 08:06:58
66 491.4 BATE 08:06:59
142 490.2 XLON 08:07:10
12 490.6 TRQX 08:09:02
15 490.6 AQXE 08:09:02
142 490.6 XLON 08:09:02
142 491.4 XLON 08:11:08
36 492.4 CHIX 08:13:53
15 492.4 AQXE 08:14:03
142 492.4 XLON 08:14:53
66 492 BATE 08:19:28
142 492.2 TRQX 08:19:28
12 492 XLON 08:19:28
15 492.4 AQXE 08:20:01
36 492 CHIX 08:23:12
66 492 BATE 08:23:12
142 492 XLON 08:23:12
12 492 TRQX 08:23:12
142 491.4 XLON 08:26:00
15 491.4 AQXE 08:26:39
12 491.8 TRQX 08:27:24
66 490.8 BATE 08:27:41
36 490.6 CHIX 08:27:47
142 489.6 XLON 08:29:43
15 490 AQXE 08:34:11
142 490.2 XLON 08:34:27
66 490.2 BATE 08:35:57
36 490.2 CHIX 08:36:26
12 490 TRQX 08:36:26
142 490.2 XLON 08:39:50
15 489.8 AQXE 08:42:46
142 489.4 XLON 08:44:01
12 489.8 TRQX 08:44:18
66 489.6 BATE 08:44:57
36 489.2 CHIX 08:45:00
49 491.2 BATE 08:53:50
17 491.2 BATE 08:53:50
284 492 XLON 08:55:14
36 491.6 CHIX 08:55:47
12 491.6 TRQX 08:55:47
14 491.6 AQXE 08:55:47
36 493.2 CHIX 09:06:46
39 492.8 BATE 09:07:02
27 492.8 BATE 09:07:02
284 492.6 XLON 09:09:15
30 492.8 AQXE 09:09:20
12 492.8 TRQX 09:09:33
142 492.4 XLON 09:10:51
12 492.8 TRQX 09:11:34
47 492.8 BATE 09:12:11
19 492.6 BATE 09:12:11
142 493.4 XLON 09:13:14
36 493 CHIX 09:13:18
16 493 AQXE 09:17:37
142 493 XLON 09:18:11
12 492.2 TRQX 09:20:21
66 492.2 BATE 09:21:19
36 492.2 CHIX 09:23:34
142 492 XLON 09:23:41
15 492.2 AQXE 09:26:29
142 492 XLON 09:28:04
36 492.6 CHIX 09:30:29
66 492.6 BATE 09:30:36
92 493 XLON 09:33:36
50 493 XLON 09:33:54
66 493.2 BATE 09:40:09
142 493.2 XLON 09:40:09
64 493.4 XLON 09:48:30
66 493.4 BATE 09:48:30
72 493.4 CHIX 09:48:30
220 493.4 XLON 09:48:30
15 493.2 AQXE 09:50:09
30 493.2 AQXE 09:50:09
142 493.2 XLON 09:50:21
66 493.4 BATE 09:52:03
142 493.2 XLON 09:52:05
36 493.4 CHIX 09:52:06
15 493 AQXE 09:54:51
142 493.2 XLON 09:55:36
1 492.4 TRQX 09:57:32
11 492.4 TRQX 09:57:32
24 492.4 TRQX 09:57:32
12 492.4 TRQX 09:57:32
26 492.6 XLON 09:59:27
36 492.8 CHIX 09:59:38
116 492.6 XLON 10:00:01
66 492.4 BATE 10:00:49
15 491.4 AQXE 10:02:12
142 491.4 XLON 10:04:06
12 491.4 TRQX 10:05:20
54 491.4 BATE 10:07:51
12 491.4 BATE 10:07:51
36 490.8 CHIX 10:08:12
57 491.4 XLON 10:08:44
22 491.4 XLON 10:08:44
63 491.4 XLON 10:08:44
15 490.8 AQXE 10:10:32
12 490.8 TRQX 10:12:57
12 491.4 TRQX 10:16:15
142 492.6 XLON 10:23:53
36 492.6 CHIX 10:23:55
12 492.6 TRQX 10:23:56
86 492.6 XLON 10:25:56
198 492.6 XLON 10:25:56
36 492.4 CHIX 10:26:06
142 492.6 XLON 10:27:56
64 492.6 XLON 10:31:41
78 492.6 XLON 10:31:41
1 492.6 TRQX 10:31:41
11 492.6 TRQX 10:32:09
36 492.4 CHIX 10:33:08
66 492 BATE 10:33:37
132 492 BATE 10:33:37
142 492.2 XLON 10:35:13
142 492.2 AQXE 10:38:43
30 492 XLON 10:38:43
15 492 AQXE 10:38:43
12 492 TRQX 10:39:03
66 492 BATE 10:39:36
15 492 AQXE 10:40:34
36 491.6 CHIX 10:42:06
142 491.4 XLON 10:42:18
12 491.6 TRQX 10:44:32
142 490.2 XLON 10:45:54
1 491 BATE 10:46:10
65 491.6 BATE 10:46:10
36 490.6 CHIX 10:46:16
15 491 AQXE 10:46:54
66 490.8 BATE 10:52:45
12 490.6 TRQX 10:52:53
36 490.6 CHIX 10:52:53
15 490.8 AQXE 10:53:09
142 490.8 XLON 10:56:30
284 490.8 XLON 10:59:02
66 490.8 BATE 10:59:26
12 490.8 CHIX 10:59:51
15 490.8 AQXE 10:59:51
24 490.8 CHIX 10:59:51
142 490.8 XLON 11:00:57
142 490.8 XLON 11:03:54
15 490.8 AQXE 11:06:42
36 490.8 CHIX 11:07:08
66 490.8 BATE 11:07:08
142 490.8 XLON 11:08:11
24 490.6 TRQX 11:09:39
12 490.6 TRQX 11:09:39
142 490.8 XLON 11:12:20
36 490.8 CHIX 11:15:25
66 491 BATE 11:19:32
15 491 AQXE 11:19:32
142 491 XLON 11:19:32
12 490.6 TRQX 11:20:51
142 490.2 XLON 11:21:42
15 490.8 AQXE 11:21:44
66 490.8 BATE 11:22:23
36 490.6 CHIX 11:22:31
12 490.6 TRQX 11:27:35
8 490.8 AQXE 11:28:55
7 490.8 AQXE 11:28:55
66 490.8 BATE 11:30:01
36 490.6 CHIX 11:30:13
12 490.6 TRQX 11:35:19
15 490.8 AQXE 11:36:24
66 490.8 BATE 11:37:48
36 490.6 CHIX 11:38:13
36 491.4 CHIX 11:45:55
142 491.4 XLON 11:45:55
142 491.4 XLON 11:45:55
426 491.4 XLON 11:45:55
89 491.4 XLON 11:50:01
195 491.4 XLON 11:50:01
17 491.6 CHIX 12:06:56
36 491.6 CHIX 12:06:56
19 491.6 CHIX 12:06:56
36 491.6 CHIX 12:06:56
66 491.6 BATE 12:06:56
66 491.6 BATE 12:06:56
29 491.6 BATE 12:06:56
37 491.6 BATE 12:06:56
66 491.6 BATE 12:06:56
11 491.6 TRQX 12:06:56
29 491.6 XLON 12:06:56
113 491.6 XLON 12:06:56
142 491.6 XLON 12:06:56
1 491.6 TRQX 12:06:56
12 491.6 TRQX 12:06:56
142 491.6 XLON 12:06:56
12 491.6 TRQX 12:06:56
142 491.6 XLON 12:06:56
142 491.6 XLON 12:06:56
12 491.6 TRQX 12:06:56
15 491.6 AQXE 12:06:56
15 491.6 AQXE 12:06:56
15 491.6 AQXE 12:06:56
15 491.6 AQXE 12:06:56
36 492.2 CHIX 12:08:55
15 492 AQXE 12:08:56
30 492.6 XLON 12:09:13
111 492.6 XLON 12:09:13
143 492.6 XLON 12:09:13
66 492.6 BATE 12:09:17
24 492.2 TRQX 12:10:16
136 492.2 XLON 12:10:59
6 492.2 XLON 12:10:59
15 493.8 AQXE 12:12:17
36 493.4 CHIX 12:12:31
66 493.4 BATE 12:12:52
142 493.6 XLON 12:12:59
66 494.4 BATE 12:15:18
36 494.4 CHIX 12:16:21
142 494.4 XLON 12:16:21
142 494.4 XLON 12:18:34
36 494.4 CHIX 12:19:40
284 494.4 XLON 12:20:53
15 494.4 AQXE 12:29:56
45 494.4 AQXE 12:29:56
15 494.4 AQXE 12:29:56
36 494.4 CHIX 12:29:56
72 494.4 CHIX 12:29:56
142 494.4 XLON 12:29:56
142 494.4 XLON 12:29:56
284 494.4 XLON 12:29:56
15 494.4 AQXE 12:34:04
142 494.4 XLON 12:34:04
198 494.8 BATE 12:35:53
24 494.8 TRQX 12:35:53
48 494.8 TRQX 12:35:53
66 494.8 BATE 12:35:53
142 494.8 XLON 12:35:53
12 494.8 TRQX 12:35:53
36 494.8 CHIX 12:36:03
142 494.8 XLON 12:38:10
25 494.8 BATE 12:38:36
41 494.8 BATE 12:38:46
142 494.8 XLON 12:40:28
66 494.8 BATE 12:41:38
36 494.8 CHIX 12:42:20
142 494.8 XLON 12:43:40
12 494.8 TRQX 12:44:37
30 494.4 AQXE 12:44:44
142 494.6 XLON 12:46:44
15 494.4 AQXE 12:48:43
142 494.6 XLON 12:49:51
12 494.6 TRQX 12:50:19
36 494.2 CHIX 12:52:07
66 494.2 BATE 12:52:07
86 494.6 XLON 12:52:57
26 494.4 XLON 12:52:57
30 494.6 XLON 12:52:57
36 494 CHIX 12:54:00
66 494.2 BATE 12:54:15
12 494.6 TRQX 12:57:57
142 494.6 XLON 12:57:57
142 494.8 XLON 13:00:28
142 494.8 XLON 13:04:32
36 494.8 CHIX 13:14:22
72 494.8 CHIX 13:14:22
142 494.8 XLON 13:14:22
15 494.6 AQXE 13:15:37
15 494.6 AQXE 13:15:37
15 494.6 AQXE 13:15:37
66 494.6 BATE 13:15:37
132 494.6 BATE 13:15:37
12 494.6 TRQX 13:15:37
142 494.6 XLON 13:18:24
12 494.6 TRQX 13:18:24
15 494.4 AQXE 13:21:35
8 494.6 XLON 13:25:18
134 494.6 XLON 13:25:18
12 494.6 TRQX 13:26:14
142 494.8 XLON 13:33:29
142 494.8 XLON 13:35:01
12 494.8 TRQX 13:35:01
142 494.8 XLON 13:35:01
36 494.6 CHIX 13:36:21
66 494.6 BATE 13:36:21
284 495.2 XLON 13:39:37
12 495 TRQX 13:40:09
132 495 BATE 13:40:09
36 495.4 CHIX 13:48:44
36 495.4 CHIX 13:48:44
36 495.4 CHIX 13:48:44
66 495.4 BATE 13:48:44
15 495.4 AQXE 13:48:44
15 495.4 AQXE 13:48:44
30 495.4 AQXE 13:48:44
15 495.4 AQXE 13:48:44
15 495.4 XLON 13:48:44
142 495.4 XLON 13:48:44
269 495.4 XLON 13:48:44
12 495.4 TRQX 13:48:44
12 495.4 TRQX 13:48:44
142 495.4 XLON 13:48:44
12 495.4 TRQX 13:51:09
36 495.2 CHIX 13:51:25
142 495.2 XLON 13:51:25
15 495.2 AQXE 13:52:15
66 495 BATE 13:52:41
10 495.2 XLON 13:53:13
132 495.2 XLON 13:53:13
36 494.8 CHIX 13:53:26
15 495.2 AQXE 13:56:10
36 495 CHIX 13:57:30
94 495 XLON 13:57:30
132 495 BATE 13:57:30
12 495 TRQX 13:57:30
48 495 XLON 13:57:30
142 495 XLON 13:59:30
15 495.2 AQXE 14:00:40
12 495 TRQX 14:00:40
142 495 XLON 14:02:05
66 495.2 BATE 14:02:44
36 495.2 CHIX 14:03:05
142 495 XLON 14:05:06
12 495 TRQX 14:05:23
142 495 XLON 14:08:33
3 495 CHIX 14:14:10
142 495 XLON 14:14:10
12 495 TRQX 14:14:10
15 495 CHIX 14:15:00
18 495 CHIX 14:15:00
142 495 XLON 14:16:46
36 495 CHIX 14:19:33
66 495.4 BATE 14:21:02
12 495.6 TRQX 14:24:14
66 495.4 BATE 14:24:39
284 495.4 XLON 14:24:39
36 495.4 CHIX 14:25:05
66 495.4 BATE 14:26:55
15 494.6 AQXE 14:27:05
15 494.6 AQXE 14:27:05
30 494.6 AQXE 14:27:05
12 494.6 TRQX 14:28:32
142 494.6 XLON 14:28:32
142 495 XLON 14:31:15
66 494.8 BATE 14:31:21
36 494.6 CHIX 14:31:35
142 494.8 XLON 14:33:43
36 495 CHIX 14:40:59
9 495 TRQX 14:40:59
15 495 TRQX 14:40:59
36 495 CHIX 14:40:59
142 495 XLON 14:40:59
142 495 XLON 14:40:59
12 495 TRQX 14:40:59
66 494.8 BATE 14:42:18
66 494.8 BATE 14:42:18
142 494.8 XLON 14:42:18
15 494.8 AQXE 14:42:18
142 494.6 XLON 14:44:30
10 494.8 AQXE 14:44:31
66 494.4 BATE 14:44:43
36 494.6 CHIX 14:44:47
12 494.6 TRQX 14:45:46
30 494.6 AQXE 14:46:24
142 494.4 XLON 14:47:01
36 494 CHIX 14:49:14
66 493.8 BATE 14:49:16
120 493.8 XLON 14:49:16
22 493.8 XLON 14:49:16
12 494 TRQX 14:50:14
20 493.6 AQXE 14:51:05
142 493.4 XLON 14:51:05
142 493.2 XLON 14:53:20
12 493.4 TRQX 14:54:33
36 493.2 CHIX 14:54:47
66 493.2 BATE 14:54:47
15 493.4 AQXE 14:54:48
142 493.4 XLON 14:55:03
142 494.2 XLON 14:57:21
66 494 BATE 14:58:36
36 494 CHIX 14:58:36
12 494 TRQX 14:59:00
142 494 XLON 14:59:46
15 494.2 AQXE 15:00:00
12 493.8 TRQX 15:01:31
15 494 AQXE 15:01:53
284 494 XLON 15:02:07
36 493.4 CHIX 15:02:07
66 493.4 BATE 15:02:07
12 494 TRQX 15:03:33
15 494 AQXE 15:03:48
36 493.4 CHIX 15:04:00
12 494 TRQX 15:05:25
15 494 AQXE 15:05:44
66 494.2 BATE 15:06:02
36 494.2 CHIX 15:06:15
284 494.2 XLON 15:06:22
12 494.2 TRQX 15:07:23
72 495.4 CHIX 15:15:51
36 495.4 CHIX 15:15:51
66 495.4 BATE 15:15:51
198 495.4 BATE 15:15:51
36 495.4 CHIX 15:15:51
36 495.4 CHIX 15:15:51
66 495.4 BATE 15:15:51
132 495.4 BATE 15:15:51
284 495.4 XLON 15:15:51
142 495.4 XLON 15:15:51
142 495.4 XLON 15:15:51
852 495.4 XLON 15:15:51
12 495.4 TRQX 15:15:51
24 495.4 TRQX 15:15:51
142 495.4 XLON 15:15:51
12 495.4 TRQX 15:15:51
15 495 AQXE 15:16:04
30 495 AQXE 15:16:04
30 495 AQXE 15:16:04
15 495 AQXE 15:16:04
94 494.6 XLON 15:17:00
12 495.2 TRQX 15:17:58
15 494.8 AQXE 15:18:44
66 495.2 BATE 15:18:58
65 494.8 XLON 15:19:30
190 494.8 XLON 15:19:30
36 494.8 CHIX 15:19:36
36 494.8 CHIX 15:19:36
77 494.8 XLON 15:19:36
12 495.2 TRQX 15:20:10
15 494.8 AQXE 15:20:37
66 495 BATE 15:21:13
44 496.2 XLON 15:24:40
98 496.2 XLON 15:24:40
140 496.2 XLON 15:24:40
428 496.2 XLON 15:24:40
15 496 AQXE 15:26:25
66 496 BATE 15:26:26
142 496.8 XLON 15:35:02
994 496.8 XLON 15:35:02
36 496.8 CHIX 15:35:08
216 496.8 CHIX 15:35:08
12 497 TRQX 15:35:08
72 497 TRQX 15:35:08
66 496.8 BATE 15:35:48
264 496.8 BATE 15:35:48
142 496.6 XLON 15:35:48
12 497 TRQX 15:37:31
15 496.6 AQXE 15:38:48
15 496.6 AQXE 15:38:48
15 496.6 AQXE 15:38:48
60 496.6 AQXE 15:38:48
66 496.6 BATE 15:38:48
72 496.6 CHIX 15:38:48
132 496.6 BATE 15:38:48
142 496.6 XLON 15:38:48
142 496.6 XLON 15:38:48
12 497 TRQX 15:40:10
12 497 TRQX 15:42:02
284 496.8 XLON 15:43:06
15 496.6 AQXE 15:43:57
30 496.6 AQXE 15:43:57
66 496.6 BATE 15:43:57
36 496.6 XLON 15:43:57
36 496.6 CHIX 15:43:57
142 496.4 CHIX 15:43:57
142 496.4 XLON 15:43:57
80 496.2 XLON 15:44:30
12 496.2 TRQX 15:44:30
62 496.2 XLON 15:44:30
66 496.6 BATE 15:46:58
12 496.6 TRQX 15:46:58
36 496.6 CHIX 15:46:58
142 496.6 XLON 15:46:58
12 496.6 TRQX 15:49:15
36 496.6 CHIX 15:49:15
66 496.6 BATE 15:49:15
15 497.4 AQXE 15:50:44
15 497.4 AQXE 15:50:44
142 497.2 XLON 15:50:45
142 497.2 XLON 15:50:45
142 497.2 XLON 15:50:45
36 497.8 CHIX 15:52:51
66 497.8 BATE 15:52:51
142 497.8 XLON 15:52:51
142 497.8 XLON 15:52:51
12 498.4 TRQX 15:54:35
36 498 CHIX 15:55:13
142 498 XLON 15:55:13
15 498 AQXE 15:55:14
12 498 TRQX 15:56:28
15 498 AQXE 15:56:59
36 498 CHIX 15:58:33
36 498 CHIX 15:58:33
142 498 XLON 15:58:33
142 498 XLON 15:58:33
142 498 XLON 15:58:33
119 498.2 BATE 15:58:48
13 498.2 BATE 15:59:00
66 498.2 BATE 15:59:00
15 498.2 AQXE 16:00:21
142 498.4 XLON 16:00:30
36 498.6 CHIX 16:00:56
142 499 XLON 16:02:21
12 498.6 TRQX 16:02:50
66 498.6 BATE 16:02:50
142 498.6 XLON 16:02:50
24 498.6 TRQX 16:02:50
15 498.4 AQXE 16:02:51
15 498.4 AQXE 16:02:51
142 498.6 XLON 16:04:36
17 498.4 CHIX 16:06:14
66 498.4 BATE 16:06:14
66 498.4 BATE 16:06:14
142 498.6 XLON 16:06:44
12 498.4 TRQX 16:07:24
12 498.4 TRQX 16:07:24
14 498.4 AQXE 16:07:24
1 498.4 AQXE 16:07:25
15 498.4 AQXE 16:07:25
36 498.2 CHIX 16:07:30
21 498.4 XLON 16:09:21
36 498.4 CHIX 16:09:21
263 498.4 XLON 16:09:21
42 498.4 XLON 16:09:21
100 498.4 XLON 16:09:21
142 498.4 XLON 16:11:23
20 498.4 BATE 16:12:39
66 498.4 BATE 16:12:39
36 498.4 CHIX 16:12:39
46 498.4 BATE 16:12:40
55 499.2 CHIX 16:17:38
66 499.2 BATE 16:17:38
107 499.2 CHIX 16:17:38
132 499 XLON 16:17:39
284 499 XLON 16:17:39
541 499 XLON 16:17:39
66 499.2 BATE 16:19:51
328 499.2 XLON 16:19:51
30 499.2 CHIX 16:19:51
195 499.2 BATE 16:20:07
41 499.2 TRQX 16:20:52
52 499.4 XLON 16:22:09
178 499.4 XLON 16:22:09
41 499.6 CHIX 16:22:54
7 499.6 BATE 16:22:56
65 499.6 BATE 16:22:56
39 499.2 TRQX 16:23:09
203 499.4 XLON 16:24:14
30 499.4 CHIX 16:25:08
3 499.4 CHIX 16:26:27
56 499.4 BATE 16:26:27
30 499.4 TRQX 16:26:27
50 499.4 AQXE 16:26:27
90 499.4 AQXE 16:26:27
203 499.4 XLON 16:26:27
30 499.4 XLON 16:27:09
3 499.4 BATE 16:29:05
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