REG - IG Group Hldgs plc - Issuance and Allotment of Ordinary Shares

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02/08/2021 16:05

RNS Number : 2933H
  
IG Group Holdings plc
  
02 August 2021
  
 

IG Group Holdings plc
LEI No: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76
02 August 2021
 
IG Group Holdings plc
(the 'Company')
ISSUANCE AND ALLOTMENT OF ORDINARY SHARES
 
In accordance with the block listing application announced on 20 July 2020, the Company has today issued and allotted 275,000 new Ordinary shares of 0.005p each from the Company's block listing facility. The shares have been issued pursuant to the satisfaction of awards under the IG Group Sustained Performance Plan, and will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing Ordinary shares in issue. Following this issue, the Company has the ability to issue a further 372,346 Ordinary shares under its block listing facility with respect to the IG Group Sustained Performance Plan. 
 
As a result of this issuance, the total number of Ordinary shares in issue is 431,574,455 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is 431,574,455. 
 
There are no shares held in treasury.
 
The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.  
  
 
For further information, please contact:
 
IG Group:
Business Company Secretary
Aurelia Gibbs                                                                                     +44 20 7896 0011
 
Investors contact
Liz Scorer, Head of Investor Relations                                           +44 20 7573 0727
investors@ig.com
 
Press contact
Ramon Kaur, Head of Communications                                       +44 20 7573 0060
press@ig.com
 
FTI Consulting:
Ed Berry                                                                                             +44 20 3727 1141 / 1046
 
About IG
 
IG empowers informed, self-directed, ambitious people to access opportunities in over 17,000 financial markets. With a strong focus on innovation and technology, the Company puts client needs at the heart of everything it does. 
IG's vision is to provide the world's best trading experience. Established in 1974 as one of the world's first providers of financial derivatives to retail traders, it continued leading the way by launching the world's first online and iPhone trading services. 
IG is an award-winning, multi-product trading company which allows retail, professional and institutional clients to trade 24 hours a day, 7 days a week[1]. IG is the world's No.1 provider of CFDs[2] and a global leader in forex derivatives. It provides leveraged services with the option of limited-risk guarantees and offers an execution-only stock trading service in the UK and Australia. IG has a range of affordable, fully managed investment portfolios, which provide a comprehensive offering to investors and active traders. 
IG is a member of the FTSE 250, with offices across Europe, including a Swiss bank, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North America. IG Group Holdings plc holds a long-term investment grade credit rating of BBB- with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings. 
 

 


[1] Excluding 10pm Friday (GMT) to 8am Saturday (GMT)


[2] Based on revenue excluding FX (from published financial statements, June 2020)
 


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