Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 0497O

First Derivatives PLC

01 November 2016

 

01 November 2016

First Derivatives plc

("FD" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity

FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I) announces that on 31 October 2016 the Company allotted 56,383 ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in respect of deferred consideration relating to the acquisition of ActivateClients Limited, announced on 24 March 2015. The total deferred consideration paid to the vendors of ActivateClients was €2.0m, including a cash payment of €0.7m (£0.6m).

Furthermore, on 31 October 2016 Non-Executive Directors Virginia Gambale and Jon Robson were allotted 1,563 and 1,643 Ordinary Shares respectively in accordance with the terms of their engagement. Following this allotment, Virginia Gambale holds 8,913 Ordinary shares representing 0.04% of the Company's issued share capital and Jon Robson holds 1,643 Ordinary shares, representing 0.01% of the Company's issued share capital.

As a result of the above issue of equity, application has been made for 59,589 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and ESM and it is expected that admission will take place on 8 November 2016. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares. Following this allotment, the total issued share capital of the Company will increase to 24,702,228 Ordinary Shares.

Enquiries

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]
FTI Consulting Matt Dixon / Dwight Burden / Antonia Gray	[phone]

About FD

FD is a global technology provider with 20 years of experience. The Group's Kx technology is used by some of the world's largest finance, technology and energy institutions. FD employs over 1,700 people worldwide and has operations in London, New York, Stockholm, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, Palo Alto, Toronto, Philadelphia, Dublin, Belfast and its headquarters in Newry.

 For further information, please visit www.firstderivatives.com

 

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