Shareholder information

On this page you can find information about the Company’s shares, major shareholders and Registrar.

If you have any questions which are not covered here, please contact investor.relations@yougov.com.

Major Shareholders

As at 26 November 2021, shareholders with more than 3% of stock were as follows:

Registrar

Neville Registrars Limited are the company’s Registrars. You can contact them via email to info@nevilleregistrars.co.uk or visit their website at nevilleregistrars.co.uk.

Results of Shareholder Voting

At the Annual General Meeting held on 7 December 2021 at 8.30am, all resolutions were passed.

The resolutions can be read in the Notice of Meeting, which is available here.

The votes by proxy received by the Company are as follows:

2021 AGM: Shareholder Q&A

Ahead of our 2021 AGM, shareholders were given the opportunity to ask questions. Those questions, and our responses, are presented here.

Question 1: Are the taxable benefits given to Stephan Shakespeare (CEO) such as living accommodation allowance and for Sundip Chahal (COO) his ‘expatriate benefits’ such as family travel allowance, family visas and dependant school fees a salary sacrifice or an additional benefit?

Answer 1:

• The living accommodation is a shared premises for any corporate staff travelling to Dubai. Due to COVID travel restrictions, Stephan Shakespeare was the only member of staff that used it in FY21. Under normal circumstances the costs would have been shared between the individuals that resided in the accommodation.
• Sundip Chahal’s expatriate benefits are not a salary sacrifice but an additional benefit that has been a part of his compensation package for several years as it is standard employment terms in Dubai.

Question 2: Have you also considered other metrics for annual bonus as opposed to just adjusted operating profit and similarly for the vesting of the LTIP, adjusted basic EPS?

Answer 2:

• The Remuneration Committee did consider alternate metrics when the LTIP was being designed. They are cognisant that this is the last year of LTIP grants and will be discussing the timeline for a review of the remuneration policy, which will cover bonus and LTIP design, at the December 2021 meeting.

Question 3: When considering the independency of Roger Parry (Board Chair), what factors were taken into consideration?

Answer 3:

• The Board considers several factors when determining a Director’s independence such as their other commitments; their tenure; and personal qualities they demonstrate in the boardroom such as their judgement and the level of engagement and challenge that they provide in Board and Committee discussions. In addition, the Board also looked at guidance published in the latest Chartered Governance Institute (previously ICSA) report on elements of independent judgement this year.

Question 4: Are there any plans to rotate the auditor? I understand the partner is rotated every 5 years, but we would encourage a full tender process (which usually excludes the incumbent). This is becoming an increasing focus for investors, as well as non-audit fees.

Answer 4:

• The Audit & Risk Committee will be discussing if and when we would consider rotating our auditor at the next committee meeting, in December 2021. While the decision to run a tender process is not imminent it is certainly on the agenda and will be reviewed.