First Derivatives PLC Issue of Equity (8339W)

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RNS Number : 8339W

First Derivatives PLC

03 August 2018

3 August 2018

First Derivatives plc

("FD" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity

FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I) announces the issue and allotment of 20,000 new ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the Company (the "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 10 August 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 25,891,858 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

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