First Derivatives PLC Issue of Equity (9267T)

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RNS Number : 9267T

First Derivatives PLC

06 July 2018

6 July 2018

First Derivatives plc

("FD" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity

FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I) announces the issue and allotment of 67,933 new ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the exercise of share options by certain employees.

Furthermore, Non-Executive Director Donna Troy has been allotted 46 Ordinary Shares in accordance with the terms of her engagement. Following this allotment, Donna Tory holds 90 Ordinary Shares representing 0.0003% of the Company's issued share capital.

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 12 July 2018. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing shares of the Company. Following these allotments, the total issued share capital of the Company will increase to 25,871,858 ordinary shares.

Enquiries

For further information please contact:

 
First Derivatives plc                              [phone] 
 Brian Conlon, Chief Executive Officer       www.firstderivatives.com 
 Graham Ferguson, Chief Financial Officer 
 Ian Mitchell, Head of Investor Relations 
 
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser 
 and Broker) 
 Andrew Pinder 
 Carlton Nelson 
 Sebastian Lawrence                               [phone] 
 
Goodbody (ESM Adviser and Broker) 
 Linda Hickey 
 Finbarr Griffin                                      [phone] 
 
 

For further information, please visit www.firstderivatives.com

 
 1.   Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them 
       ("PCA") 
 a)   Name                           Donna Troy 
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 2.   Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position / status               Non-executive Director 
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 b)   Initial notification           Initial Notification 
       / amendment 
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 3.   Details of the Issuer 
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 a)   Name                           First Derivatives plc 
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 b)   LEI                            213800MKQAJ5R7WIU633 
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 4.   Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
       for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
       (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions 
       have been conducted 
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 a)   Description of the             Ordinary Shares of GBP0.05 
       financial instrument,          ISIN: GB0031477770 
       type of instrument 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction      Remuneration 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)           Price(s)            Volume(s) 
                                                   3,849p   46 
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 d)   Aggregated information         N/a - single transaction 
       - Aggregated volume 
       - Price 
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 e)   Date of the transaction        5 July 2018 
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 f)   Place of the transaction       London Stock Exchange (XLON) 
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