Last checked at 30 Jun 2010 16:12
| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
| 1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | First Derivatives PLC |
| 2: Reason for notification (yes/no) | ||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | yes | |
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | no | |
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | no | |
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | no | |
| Other (please specify): |
| no |
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Standard Life Investments Ltd |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Vidacos Nominees |
| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): | 29 June 2010 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 30 June 2010 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 6% |
| 8: Notified Details | ||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||
| Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code | GB0031477770 | |||
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction | ||||
| Number of shares | Number of voting rights | |||
| 922,500 | 922,500 | |||
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
| 970,000 | 0 | 970,000 | 0 | 6.258% |
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted) | Percentage of voting rights |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights
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| Total (A+B+C) | |
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
| 970,000 | 6.258% |
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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| Proxy Voting:
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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| 13. Additional information:
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| 14. Contact name:
| investments_mo@standardlife.com Standard Life Investments Ltd |
| 15. Contact telephone number:
| (0131) 245 6565 |