Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 2833E

First Derivatives PLC

03 July 2019

 

03 July 2019

First Derivatives plc

("FD" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity

FD (AIM: FDP.L, Euronext Growth: FDP.I) announces that on 3rd July 2019 the Company allotted 171,900 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 Euronext Growth and it is expected that admission will take place on 9 July 2019. 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 26,534,936 ordinary shares.

Enquiries For further information please contact: First Derivatives plc	+44(0)28	3025	2242
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)	+44 (0)20	7597	5970
Andrew Pinder
Carlton Nelson
Sebastian Lawrence
Goodbody (Euronext Growth Adviser and Broker)	+353	1 667	0420
David Kearney
Finbarr Griffin

About FD

FD is a global technology provider with more than 20 years of experience working with some of the world's largest finance, technology, retail, pharma, manufacturing and energy institutions. The Group's Kx technology, incorporating the kdb+ time-series database, is a leader in high-performance, in-memory computing, streaming analytics and operational intelligence. Kx delivers the best possible performance and flexibility for high-volume, data-intensive analytics and applications across multiple industries. FD operates from 15 offices across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, including its headquarters in Newry, and employs more than 2,400 people worldwide.

For further information, please visit www.firstderivatives.com and www.kx.com 

 

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