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RNS Number : 6526E

First Derivatives PLC

19 July 2016

19 July 2016

First Derivatives plc

("FD" or the "Company")

Director Shareholding

FD (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: FDP.I) announces that on 18 July 2016 certain employees and a Director exercised options over a total of 217,000 ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). Of this total exercise, Graham Ferguson, Chief Financial Officer, exercised 150,000 share options and on the same day sold 170,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 1,725p per share. On 19 July Mr Ferguson sold a further 30,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 1,725p. Following these transactions Mr Ferguson holds a total of 122,647 Ordinary Shares representing 0.5% of the total issued share capital of the Company.

Furthermore, on 19 July 2016 Mr Ferguson was awarded 200,000 share options over Ordinary Shares. These options have an exercise price of 1,717p per share and will vest on the third anniversary of the date of the award, subject to meeting demanding performance criteria related to the achievement of total shareholder returns during this period. Following this award, Mr Ferguson holds share options over a total of 200,000 Ordinary Shares.

As a result of the above exercise of options, application has been made for 217,000 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and ESM and it is expected that admission will take place on 22 July 2016. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares. Following this allotment, the total issued share capital of the Company will increase to 24,531,639 Ordinary Shares.

Enquiries

For further information please contact:

 
First Derivatives plc               +44(0)28 3025 2242 
 Brian Conlon, Chief Executive       www.firstderivatives.com 
 Officer 
 Graham Ferguson, Chief Financial 
 Officer 
 Ian Mitchell, Head of Investor 
 Relations 
 
Investec Bank plc (Nominated 
 Adviser and Broker) 
 Dominic Emery 
 Carlton Nelson 
 Sebastian Lawrence                 +44 (0)20 7597 4000 
 
Goodbody (ESM Adviser and 
 Broker) 
 Linda Hickey 
 Finbarr Griffin                    +353 1 667 0420 
 
Walbrook PR 
 Paul Cornelius / Nick Rome 
 / Helen Cresswell / Sam Allen      +44 (0)20 7933 8780

About FD

FD is a global technology provider with 20 years of experience. The Group's Kx technology is used by some of the world's largest finance, technology and energy institutions. FD employs over 1,600 people worldwide and has operations in London, New York, Stockholm, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, Palo Alto, Toronto, Philadelphia, Dublin, Belfast and its headquarters in Newry.

For further information, please visit www.firstderivatives.com

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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