PDMR / PCA Dealings

RNS Number : 2243V

YouGov PLC

03 April 2023

 

3 April 2022

YouGov plc

("YouGov" or "the Group" or "the Company")

PDMR / PCA Dealings

YouGov, the international online research and data analytics group, announces that it was notified of the following director and PCA dealings in ordinary shares of 0.2p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company.

On 31 March 2023, Stephen Shakespeare, Chief Executive Officer, undertook the following transactions:

Mr. Shakespeare transferred a total of 3,344,000 Ordinary Shares from his personal holding to each of his adult children, Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare and Hillary Shakespeare, neither of whom are a PCA in relation to him, for nil consideration.

Additionally, Mr. Shakespeare sold 1,563,625 Ordinary Shares from his personal holding to Shaers Limited, a family investment company owned by Mr. Shakespeare and Rosamund Shakespeare, his spouse. Both the sale of Ordinary Shares by Mr Shakespeare and the purchase of Ordinary Shares by Shaers Limited were at a price of 950 pence per Ordinary Share.

Following these transactions, the aggregate holding of Mr. Shakespeare and Persons Closely Associated with him is now 2,123,029 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing approximately 1.94% of the Company's issued share capital.

The information below, set out in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail on these transactions.

Enquiries

YouGov plc Tilly Heald / Hannah Jethwani	020 7012 6000
FTI Consulting Charles Palmer / Tom Blundell / Jemima Gurney	020 3727 1000
Numis Securities (NOMAD and Joint Broker) Nick Westlake / Iqra Amin	020 7260 1000
Berenberg (Joint Broker) Mark Whitmore / Richard Andrews / Alix Mecklenburg-Solodkoff	020 3207 7800

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

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Stephan Shakespeare
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment:	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name:	YouGov plc
b)	LEI:	213800MZGBGCJIPOBB41
4.	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:	Transfer for nil consideration to two family members, neither of whom are a PCA in relation to him
c)	Price(s) and volume(s):	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 6,688,000
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price:	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction:	31 March 2023
f)	Place of the transaction:	London Stock Exchange [XLON]

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

5.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Stephan Shakespeare
6.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment:	Initial notification
7.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name:	YouGov plc
b)	LEI:	213800MZGBGCJIPOBB41
8.	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:	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s):	Price(s) Volume(s) £9.50 1,563,625
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price:	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction:	31 March 2023
f)	Place of the transaction:	London Stock Exchange [XLON]

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

9.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Shaers Limited, a Shakespeare family investment company in which Stephan Shakespeare and his spouse, Rosamund Shakespeare are each 50% shareholders
10.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Shaers Limited, a PCA of Stephan Shakespeare, Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment:	Initial notification
11.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name:	YouGov plc
b)	LEI:	213800MZGBGCJIPOBB41
12.	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 Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s):	Price(s) Volume(s) £9.50 1,563,625
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price:	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction:	31 March 2023
f)	Place of the transaction:	London Stock Exchange [XLON]

 

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