1 Jun 2018 16:14
1 June 2018
First Derivatives plc
("FD" or the "Company")
Issue of Equity
FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I) announces the issue and allotment of 130,167 new ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the exercise of share options by certain employees.
Furthermore, Non-Executive Director Virginia Gambale has been allotted 653 Ordinary Shares and Donna Troy has been allotted 44 Ordinary Shares in accordance with the terms of their engagement. Following this allotment, Virginia Gambale holds 10,706 Ordinary Shares and Donna Troy holds 44 Ordinary Shares representing 0.04% and 0.0002% of the Company's issued share capital respectively.
Application has been made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and ESM and it is expected that admission will take place on 8th June 2018. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing shares of the Company. Following these allotments, the total issued share capital of the Company will increase to 25,803,879 ordinary shares.
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 | +44(0)28 3025 2242 www.firstderivatives.com |
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Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Andrew Pinder Carlton Nelson Sebastian Lawrence | +44 (0)20 7597 5970 |
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Goodbody (ESM Adviser and Broker) Linda Hickey Finbarr Griffin | +353 1 667 0420 |
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For further information, please visit www.firstderivatives.com
1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA") | |||||
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| Name | Donna Troy | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Executive Director
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b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3. | Details of the Issuer | |||||
a) | Name | First Derivatives plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800MKQAJ5R7WIU633 | ||||
4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of £0.05 ISIN: GB0031477770 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Remuneration | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/a - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 01 June 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA") | |||||
a)
| Name | Virginia Gambale | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position / status | Executive Director
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b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3. | Details of the Issuer | |||||
a) | Name | First Derivatives plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800MKQAJ5R7WIU633 | ||||
4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary Shares of £0.05 ISIN: GB0031477770 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Remuneration | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/a - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 01 June 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
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