Director/PDMR Dealing and Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 4330J

YouGov PLC

26 April 2022

 

26 April 2022

YouGov plc

("YouGov" or "the Company")

Director/PDMR Dealing and Total Voting Rights

YouGov, the international research and data analytics group, announces that 4,661 new o rdinary shares of 0.2p each ("Ordinary Shares") in th e Company are to be allotted and issued.

Under the Company's remuneration policy, a proportion of the Non-Executive Directors' annual fee is paid in the form of Ordinary Shares in lieu of cash, except if an NED has an existing substantial shareholding. Accordingly, the Company has approved the allotment and issue of 4,661 new Ordinary Shares as follows:

· 1,271 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of £15,000* to Ms Rosemary Leith

· 424 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of £5,000* to Mr Ashley Martin

· 424 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of £5,000* to Ms Andrea Newman

· 2,542 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of £30,000* to Mr Roger Parry

(*Based on a closing price of £11.80 as at 25 April 2022, being the previous trading day.)

Following this issue, the shareholdings of these NEDs will be as follows:

· Ms Leith will hold 15,769 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.01% of the Company's total issued share capital).

· Mr Martin will hold 8,414 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.008% of the Company's total issued share capital).

· Ms Newman will hold 4,071 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.004% of the Company's total issued share capital).

· Mr Parry will hold 115,471 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.1% of the Company's total issued share capital).

Application will be made for the admission of these new Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM with admission anticipated to be on 3 May 2022. 

Total Voting Rights

The total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights in issue following the issue of these new Ordinary Shares is 111,396,726. No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. The above figure includes 400,006 Ordinary Shares that are held by the YouGov Employee Benefit Trust to satisfy awards under the Company's employee share schemes. Shareholders may use the figure of 110,996,720 , 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 Group under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

YouGov plc   Tilly Heald / Hannah Jethwani	020 7012 6000
FTI Consulting   Charles Palmer / Elena Kalinskaya	020 3727 1000
Numis Securities (NOMAD and Joint Broker)   Nick Westlake / Hugo Rubinstein / Matt Lewis	020 7260 1000
Berenberg (Joint Broker)   Mark Whitmore / Alix Mecklenburg-Solodkoff	020 3207 7800

DEALING NOTIFICATION FORM
FOR USE BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR CLOSELY ASSOCIATED PERSONS

	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Rosemary Leith
	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment:	Initial notification
	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name:	YouGov plc
b)	LEI:	213800MZGBGCJIPOBB41
	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code:	Ordinary Shares of 0.2p each GB00B1VQ6H25
b)	Nature of the transaction:	Acquisition of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s):	Price(s) Volume(s) £11.80 1,271
d)	Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price:	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction:	26 April 2022
f)	Place of the transaction:	London Stock Exchange [XLON]

DEALING NOTIFICATION FORM
FOR USE BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR CLOSELY ASSOCIATED PERSONS

	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Ashley Martin
	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment:	Initial notification
	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name:	YouGov plc
b)	LEI:	213800MZGBGCJIPOBB41
	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code:	Ordinary Shares of 0.2p each GB00B1VQ6H25
b)	Nature of the transaction:	Acquisition of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s):	Price(s) Volume(s) £11.80 424
d)	Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price:	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction:	26 April 2022
f)	Place of the transaction:	London Stock Exchange [XLON]

DEALING NOTIFICATION FORM
FOR USE BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR CLOSELY ASSOCIATED PERSONS

	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Andrea Newman
	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment:	Initial notification
	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name:	YouGov plc
b)	LEI:	213800MZGBGCJIPOBB41
	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code:	Ordinary Shares of 0.2p each GB00B1VQ6H25
b)	Nature of the transaction:	Acquisition of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s):	Price(s) Volume(s) £11.80 424
d)	Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price:	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction:	26 April 2022
f)	Place of the transaction:	London Stock Exchange [XLON]

DEALING NOTIFICATION FORM
FOR USE BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR CLOSELY ASSOCIATED PERSONS

	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Roger Parry
	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment:	Initial notification
	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name:	YouGov plc
b)	LEI:	213800MZGBGCJIPOBB41
	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Identification code:	Ordinary Shares of 0.2p each GB00B1VQ6H25
b)	Nature of the transaction:	Acquisition of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s):	Price(s) Volume(s) £11.80 2,542
d)	Aggregated information: Aggregated volume: Price:	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction:	26 April 2022
f)	Place of the transaction:	London Stock Exchange [XLON]

About YouGov

YouGov is an international online research data and analytics technology group.

Our mission is to offer unparalleled insight into what the world thinks.

Our innovative solutions help the world's most recognised brands, media owners and agencies to plan, activate and track their marketing activities better.

With operations in the UK, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, India and Asia Pacific, we have one of the world's largest research networks.

At the core of our platform is an ever-growing source of consumer data that has been amassed over our twenty years of operation. We call it Living Data. All of our products and services draw upon this detailed understanding of our 20 million registered panel members to deliver accurate, actionable consumer insights.

As innovators and pioneers of online market research, we have a strong reputation as a trusted source of accurate data and insights. Testament to this, YouGov data is regularly referenced by the global press, and we are the second most quoted market research source in the world.

YouGov. Living Consumer Intelligence.

For further information, visit business.yougov.com

 

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