FFastFill plc - 9th March, 2006
FFastFill signs Kottke Associates to its hosted third party ISV solution

CHICAGO, March 9, 2006 – FFastFill Inc. today announced that Kottke Associates, LLC has contracted to obtain Trading Technologies’ front end trading technology as a hosted solution provided by FFastFill.  The new service will provide Kottke traders with direct access to a wide range of global derivatives exchanges, combining front-end technology with a variety of applications provided by FFastFill.

Said J.M. Crouch, Kottke: “We are very pleased to see two existing suppliers of software and services to Kottke collaborate to bring efficiencies to our industry. The partnership will allow a more flexible technology deployment for our traders and our customers.”

Said Hamish Purdey, President of FFastFill Inc., the company’s U.S. operation: “We are pleased to expand our managed service to Kottke with the integration of this system.  As FFastFill has already invested in the hardware and connectivity technology, we can offer a huge benefit to customers such as Kottke who want to invest their time and money in trading – not in technology upgrades.”

About Kottke
Headquartered in Chicago, Kottke Associates, LLC is a clearing member firm of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade and New York Mercantile Exchange. Kottke is registered with the CFTC as a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) and manages over 250 million dollars in several futures only programs.

About FFastFill
FFastFill is the leading provider of application services to the global derivatives community. FFastFill's services and solutions use the latest developments in technology to automate trade flow processes across a firm's front, middle and back offices. FFastFill's solutions encompass electronic order routing, clearing, risk management and back office reporting as part of an integrated, yet modular system architecture. FFastFill's application services provide institutions with cost savings in their administrative and IT departments and significantly reduce or eliminate the investment costs associated with maintaining their own technology infrastructure. All of FFastFill's services are delivered against a contracted Service Level Agreement (SLA), which can be tailored to an institution's business requirements. This quality of delivered service has been enabled through the deployment of a uniquely engineered and totally managed software and technology infrastructure.

For further information, please contact:

Crystal Clear Communications (for FFastFill)
Ellen G. Resnick
312/399-9295 (mobile)
eresnick@crystalclearPR.com

Kottke
Mike Crouch
312/697-2982
mcrouch@kottkeassociates.com

FFastFill plc
Keith Todd, Executive Chairman - (020) 7665 8900

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