FD Technologies Regulatory News (FDP)

29 Feb 2008 14:41

First Derivatives PLC29 February 2008 First Derivatives plc (the "Company") (AIM:FDP.L, IEX:GYQ.I) Exercise of Options The Board announces that, following the exercise of options by certainemployees, 147,833 ordinary shares in the Company have been issued and allotted. Accordingly, application has been made for the 147,833 new ordinary shares to beadmitted to trading on AIM and IEX and it is expected that admission will takeplace on 6 March 2008. The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing shares of theCompany. Following this allotment, the total issued share capital of the Companywill increase to 13,279,324 ordinary shares. 29 February 2008 Contact: First Derivatives plc Tel: +44 (0)28 3025 2242Brian Conlon Charles Stanley Securities Tel: +44 (0)20 7149 6000Nominated AdviserRussell Cook/Carl Holmes Goodbody Corporate Finance Tel: +353 1 6670420IEX AdviserDiane Hodgson/Linda Hickey Stakeholder CommunicationsCarl Whyte Tel: +44 (0)28 9033 9949Lisa Nugent Tel: +44 (0) 20 7903 5148 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange