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IG Group Holdings Plc
LEI No: 2138003A5Q1M7ANOUD76
24 July 2019
IG GROUP HOLDINGS PLC
The Board of IG Group Holdings Plc (the "Company") announces that a listing application has today been made to the Financial Conduct Authority and to The London Stock Exchange for a block listing of 1,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.005p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to be admitted to the premium listing section of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the main market of The London Stock Exchange.
The Ordinary Shares will be issued and allotted under the IG Group Sustained Performance Plan and will rank equally in all respects with the existing issued Ordinary Shares of the Company.
It is expected that admission will become effective on or around 29 July 2019.
For further information, please contact:
IG Group
Liz Scorer
Head of Investor Relations 0207 573 0727
FTI Consulting
Neil Doyle / Ed Berry 020 3727 1141 / 1046
About IG
IG empowers informed, decisive, adventurous people to access opportunities in over 15,000 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 be a global leader in retail trading and investments. Established in 1974 as the world's first financial spread betting firm, it continued leading the way by launching the world's first online and iPhone trading services.
IG is an award-winning, multi-platform trading company, the world's No.1 provider of CFDs* and a global leader in forex. It provides leveraged services with the option of limited-risk guarantees, and offers an execution-only share dealing service in the UK, Australia and Continental Europe. IG has a range of affordable, fully managed investment portfolios, which provide a comprehensive offering to investors and active traders.
It is a member of the FTSE 250, with offices across Europe, including a Swiss bank, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the US, where it offers on-exchange limited risk derivatives via the Nadex brand.
* Based on revenue excluding FX (from published financial statements, February 2018)