Issue of Equity from exercise of Share Options

RNS Number : 6377H

First Derivatives PLC

01 December 2015

 

First Derivatives plc

("FD" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity from exercise of Share Options

FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services, announces the issue and allotment of 334,083 new ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the Company (the "New Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the exercise of share options by certain employees.

Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and ESM and it is expected that admission will take place on 7th December 2015. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing shares of the Company. Following this allotment, the total issued share capital of the Company will increase to 23,849,032 ordinary shares.

For further information please contact:

First Derivatives plc Brian Conlon, Chief Executive Officer Graham Ferguson, Chief Financial Officer Ian Mitchell, Head of Investor Relations	[phone] www.firstderivatives.com
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Dominic Emery Carlton Nelson Sebastian Lawrence	[phone]
Goodbody (ESM Adviser and Broker) Linda Hickey Finbarr Griffin	[phone]
Walbrook PR Paul Cornelius Nick Rome Helen Cresswell Sam Allen	[phone]

For further information, please visit www.firstderivatives.com

 

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