CMC Markets Regulatory News (CMCX)

12 February 2018

CMC Markets plc

Issue of Equity

CMC Markets plc, (LSE: CMCX, "CMC" or the "Group"), a leading provider of online retail trading, announces that it has issued 904,395 new ordinary shares of 25p each to satisfy vesting of awards under the Group's Management Equity Plan 2015.

Application has been made for the 904,395 new ordinary shares to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expected that trading will commence on 15 February 2018. These shares will rank pari passu with the existing issued shares of the Group.

At admission the issued share capital of the Group will consist of 289,008,354 ordinary shares. The total number of voting rights in the Group will therefore be 289,008,354. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator to determine if they are required to notify their interests in, or a change to their interest in, the Group under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries

CMC Markets plc +44 (0) 20 7170 8200

Jonathan Bradshaw, Company Secretary

Notes to Editors 

CMC Markets plc (CMC), whose shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker CMCX (LEI: 213800VB75KAZBFH5U07), was established in 1989 and is now one of the world's leading online financial trading businesses. The company serves retail and institutional clients through regulated offices and branches in 14 countries, with a significant presence in the UK, Australia, Germany and Singapore. CMC offers an award-winning, online and mobile trading platform, enabling clients to trade over 10,000 financial instruments across shares, indices, foreign currencies, commodities and treasuries through contracts for difference ("CFDs"), financial spread bets (in the UK and Ireland only) and, in Australia, access stockbroking services. 

More information is available at http://www.cmcmarkets.com/group