First Derivatives PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (7785M)

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RNS Number : 7785M

First Derivatives PLC

22 January 2016

22 January 2016

First Derivatives plc

("FD" or the "Company")

Director's Shareholding

FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services, announces that Seamus Keating, Chairman, has today acquired 10,000 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence per share in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 1,550p per share. Following the transaction, Mr. Keating now has an interest in 25,314 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.1% of the Company's issued share capital.

For further information please contact:

 
First Derivatives plc               [phone] 
 Brian Conlon, Chief Executive       www.firstderivatives.com 
 Officer 
 Graham Ferguson, Chief Financial 
 Officer 
 Ian Mitchell, Head of Investor 
 Relations 
 
Investec Bank plc 
 (Nominated Adviser and Broker) 
 Dominic Emery 
 Sebastian Lawrence                 [phone] 
 
Goodbody (ESM Adviser and 
 Broker) 
 Linda Hickey 
 Finbarr Griffin                    [phone] 
 
Walbrook PR 
 Paul Cornelius 
 Nick Rome 
 Helen Cresswell 
 Sam Allen                          [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 1,500 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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