Director/PDMR Shareholding - SIP Purchase

As a result of purchases of shares at 2088p each by the Fidessa group plc ShareIncentive Plan on 20 September 2013, John Hamer, Chris Aspinwall and AndyMalpass, all directors of Fidessa group plc became the beneficial owners of 6Fidessa group plc ordinary shares each and Stephen Barrow, a person dischargingmanagerial responsibilities in Fidessa group plc, also became the beneficialowner of 6 Fidessa group plc ordinary shares. Following this announcement their holdings in Fidessa group plc ordinary sharesare as set out in the table below. Name Total interest in Percentage interest in Fidessa Fidessa group plc group plc ordinary shares ordinary shares following announcement following announcement John Hamer 65,437 0.18% Chris Aspinwall 109,220 0.29% Andy Malpass 85,888 0.23% Stephen Barrow 338,127 0.90% The persons named above have been awarded matching shares equal to the numberof shares purchased in the above transaction. The matching shares will vest onthe third anniversary of the date of the award subject to continued employmentfor those three years. The trust for the Fidessa group plc Share Incentive Plan purchases shares inthe market in order to satisfy matching shares under the Fidessa group plcShare Incentive Plan. As potential beneficiaries in the trust, the executivedirectors and persons discharging managerial responsibility are deemed to havea potential beneficial interest in the trust's shares.