Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0373L

YouGov PLC

27 April 2020

 

27 April 2020

YouGov plc ("YouGov" or "the Company")

Director/PDMR Dealing

The Company announces that 5,305 new o rdinary shares of 0.2p each ("Ordinary Shares") in th e Company were allotted and issued on 27 April 2020 .

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 a NED has an existing substantial shareholding. Accordingly, the Company has approved the allotment and issue of 5,305 new Ordinary Shares as follows:

· 758 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of £5,000* to Ms Rosemary Leith

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

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

· 3,031 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of £20,000* to Mr Roger Parry

(*Based on a closing price of 660 p as at 24 April 2020, being the previous business day.)

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

·   Ms Leith will hold 13,027 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.01% of the Company's total issued share capital).

· Mr Martin will hold 7,499 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.007% of the Company's total issued share capital).

· Ms Newman will hold 3,156 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.003% of the Company's total issued share capital).

· Mr Parry will hold 109,987 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 0.1% of the Company's total issued share capital).

Application has been made for the admission of these new Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM with admission anticipated to be on 1 May 2020.

The total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights in issue following the issue of these new Ordinary Shares is 108,424,485. No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. The above figure includes 741,152 Ordinary Shares that are held by the YouGov Employee Benefit Trust in order to satisfy awards under the Company's employee share schemes. Shareholders may use the figure of 107,683,333, 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 (Company Secretary)  020 7012 6000

FTI Consulting

Charles Palmer / Elena Kalinskaya / Leah Dudley                                   020 3727 1000

Numis Securities (Nomad and broker)

Nick Westlake / Hugo Rubinstein                                                             020 7260 1000

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:	Rosemary Leith
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Non-Executive Director
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:	Acquisition of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s):	Price(s) Volume(s) 6.60 758
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price:	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction:	27 April 2020
f)	Place of the transaction:	London Stock Exchange [XLON]

 

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:	Ashley Martin
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Non-Executive Director
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:	Acquisition of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s):	Price(s) Volume(s) 6.60 758
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price:	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction:	27 April 2020
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:	Andrea Newman
6.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Non-Executive Director
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:	Acquisition of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s):	Price(s) Volume(s) 6.60 758
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price:	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction:	27 April 2020
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:	Roger Parry
10.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Non-Executive Director
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 shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s):	Price(s) Volume(s) 6.60 3,031
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume: · Price:	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction:	27 April 2020
f)	Place of the transaction:	London Stock Exchange [XLON]

 

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