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01/04/2015 15:10

RNS Number : 2139J
YouGov PLC
01 April 2015
For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:ii
YouGov Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
X
Other (please specify):


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
JP Morgan Chase
Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A.
State Street Bank & Trust Co.
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
27 March 2015 
6. Date on which issuer notified:
31 March 2015 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
11%


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of
shares

if possible using
the ISIN CODE
Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares
Number
of
Voting
Rights
Number
of shares
Number of voting
rights
% of voting rights x
Direct
Direct xi
Indirect xii
Direct
Indirect
GB00B1VQ6H25
11,155,438
11,155,438
11,155,438

11,155,438

10.86%


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date xiii
Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
% of voting
rights






C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise price
Expiration date xvii
Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
% of voting rights xix, xx




Nominal
Delta



Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
11,155,438
10.86%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (TRPA) serves as investment adviser, with dispositive and voting authority, to various institutional clients that own shares of YouGov Plc, including the T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund, which owns 9,333,181 shares. Such shares are registered in the following name(s): 
State Street Bank & Trust Co. - 278,470
JP Morgan Chase - 10,514,389
Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. - 362,579

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:



13. Additional information:


14. Contact name:
Gary Greb, Assistant Vice President
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
15. Contact telephone number:
001 410 345 2527

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