Ferguson nets €3.1m in First Derivatives share sale

Sell-off came as part of a wider exercise of share options by employees

Chief executive Brian Conlon

Graham Ferguson, the chief financial officer of Northern Ireland financial technology firm First Derivatives, has made £2.6 million (€3.1 million) from the sale of shares in the company.

Ferguson still holds 122,647 shares – roughly 0.5 per cent of the total issued share capital of the company – which are worth more than £2 million at the current share price.

His sell-off came as part of a wider exercise of share options by ...