REG - YouGov PLC - Employee Benefit Trust Share Purchase

YouGovAnnouncement

22/11/2019 18:00

RNS Number : 4391U
YouGov PLC
22 November 2019
 


22 November 2019
YouGov plc
("YouGov" or "the Group")
Employee Benefit Trust Share Purchase
YouGov, the international research and data analytics group, announces that on 22 November 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 twelve months under this programme, with a maximum of 150,000 shares purchased in a 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 2019, the Long Time Incentive Plan 2014 and the Deferred Share Bonus Plan 2014.
At the date of this announcement, the Trust held 1,000,000 ordinary shares in the Group. 
Enquiries
 
YouGov plc
Tilly Heald (Company Secretary)
+44 (0)20 7012 6000
 
Numis (Nomad and broker)
Nick Westlake / Matthew Lewis / Hugo Rubinstein
+44 (0)20 7260 1000
 
FTI Consulting
Charles Palmer / Leah Dudley
+44 (0)20 7831 3113
 




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