FD Technologies Regulatory News (FDP)

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):

23 November 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

24 November 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

7%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code

GB0031477770

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

1,078,371

1,078,371

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage ofvoting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

1,178,371

0

1,178,371

0%

7.482%

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 1,178,371

7.482%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

investments_mo@standardlife.comStandard Life Investments Ltd

15. Contact telephone number:

(0131) 245 6565

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name(including legal form of legal entities)

Standard Life Investments Ltd

Contact address(registered office for legal entities)

Investment House1 George StreetEDINBURGHEH2 2LL

Phone number & email

(0131) 245 6565

investments_mo@standardlife.com

Other useful information(at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Global Transaction ServicesCitigroup

Contact address

8 Chalubinskiego St.00-613

Warsaw

POLAND

Phone number & email

+48 (0) 22 692 9286

transaction.control@citi.com

Other useful information(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

UK office is located in

Holyrood Park House106 Holyrood RoadEDINBURGHEH8 8AE

C: Additional information