Trading Statement and Notice of Results

RNS Number : 5489W

First Derivatives PLC

18 April 2019

 

18 April 2019

First Derivatives plc

("FD" or the "Group")

Trading update and Notice of Results

FD (AIM: FDP.L, Euronext Growth: FDP.I) announces that it has continued to trade strongly in the second half of the financial year ended 28 February 2019. As a result, the Board expects to report a financial performance in line with the current consensus forecasts of £215.4m of revenue and £38.8m of adjusted EBITDA.

Full year results will be reported on 21 May. A briefing for analysts will be held at 9.30am on the day at the offices of FTI Consulting, 200 Aldersgate, London EC1A 4HD.

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) Andrew Pinder Carlton Nelson Sebastian Lawrence	[phone]
Goodbody (Euronext Growth Adviser and Broker) David Kearney Finbarr Griffin	[phone]
FTI Consulting Matt Dixon Dwight Burden Darius Alexander Niamh Fogarty	[phone]

About FD

FD is a global technology provider with 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 14 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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