YouGov PLC Issue of Ordinary Shares & Total Voting Rights (5894X)

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RNS Number : 5894X

YouGov PLC

26 April 2023

YouGov plc

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

Director/PDMR Dealing

Issue of Ordinary Shares & Total Voting Rights

YouGov, the international research and data analytics group, announces that 5,744 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 a NED has an existing substantial shareholding. Accordingly, the Company has approved the allotment and issue of 5,744 new Ordinary Shares as follows:

 
      --   1,724 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of GBP15,000* 
            to Shalini Govil-Pai 
      --   1,724 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of GBP15,000* 
            to Rosemary Leith 
      --   574 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of GBP5,000* 
            to Ashley Martin 
      --   574 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of GBP5,000* 
            to Devesh Mishra 
      --   574 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of GBP5,000* 
            to Andrea Newman 
      --   574 new Ordinary Shares representing a value of GBP5,000* 
            to Nick Prettejohn

(*Based on a closing price of GBP8.70 as at 24 April 2023 , being the prior trading day.)

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

 
      --   Shalini Govil-Pai will hold 1,724 Ordinary Shares (representing 
            approximately 0.002% of the Company's Issued Share Capital). 
      --   Rosemary Leith will hold 17,493 Ordinary Shares (representing 
            approximately 0.016% of the Company's total issued share 
            capital). 
      --   Ashley Martin will hold 8,988 Ordinary Shares (representing 
            approximately 0.008% of the Company's total issued share 
            capital). 
      --   Devesh Mishra will hold 574 Ordinary Shares (representing 
            approximately 0.001% of the Company's Issued Share Capital). 
      --   Andrea Newman will hold 4,645 Ordinary Shares (representing 
            approximately 0.004% of the Company's total issued share 
            capital). 
      --   Nick Prettejohn will hold 574 Ordinary Shares (representing 
            approximately 0.001% 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 03 May 2023.

Total Voting Rights

Following Admission, the Company will have 111,482,043 Ordinary Shares. No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury.

The above figure includes 1,993,776 Ordinary Shares that are held by the YouGov Employee Benefit Trust to satisfy awards under the Company's employee share schemes.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company following Admission will therefore be 109,488,267. Shareholders may use this figure 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 / 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 / Alix Mecklenburg-Solodkoff         020 3207 7800

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 24+ 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 most quoted market research source in the world.

YouGov. Living Consumer Intelligence.

For further information, visit business.yougov.com

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