REG - YouGov PLC - Employee Benefit Trust Share Purchase

YouGovAnnouncement

12/02/2019 07:05

RNS Number : 6920P
YouGov PLC
12 February 2019
 


 
12 February 2019
 
 
YouGov plc
("YouGov" or "the Group")
Employee Benefit Trust Share Purchase
YouGov, the international research and data analytics group, announces that on 11 February 2019 it was agreed that Sanne Fiduciary Services Limited ("Sanne") acting as Trustee of the YouGov Employee Benefit Trust (the "Trust") will commence the purchase of ordinary shares of 0.2p each ("Ordinary Shares") each in the Group as part of a planned programme. It is expected that approximately up to 1,000,000 shares will be purchased over the course of the next nine months under this programme, with a maximum of 150,000 shares purchased each calendar month. These shares will ultimately be used by the Trust for the settlement of awards granted under the Company's current employee share schemes, namely the Long Time Incentive Plan 2014 and the Deferred Share Bonus Plan 2014.
At the date of this announcement the Trust held no ordinary shares in the Group. 
Enquiries:
 
YouGov plc
Stephan Shakespeare / Alex McIntosh                                  020 7012 6000
 
FTI Consulting
Charles Palmer / Harry Staight                                                020 3727 1000
 
Numis Securities (Nomad and broker)
Nick Westlake / Michael Wharton                                          020 7260 1000
 




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