RNS Number : 9095R
YouGov PLC
01 July 2015
 

 

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

X

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


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

26 June 2015    

6. Date on which issuer notified:

30 June 2015    

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii

11%


 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, 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

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11,160,874

11,160,874

11,312,684


11,312,684


11.00%



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

11,312,684

11.00%


 

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. - 289,794

JP Morgan Chase - 10,669,528                                                                                                                    Bank of New York Mellon Bank, N.A. - 353,362


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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