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31 July 2015
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC
Placing of shares in the Company
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC ("Moneysupermarket.com" or "the Company") notes the sale by Martin Lewis of 9,000,000 shares, representing approximately 1.6% of the issued share capital of the Company, and the sale by the Charities Aid Foundation of 4,270,923 shares, out of the holding that it received as a donation from Martin Lewis, representing approximately 0.8% of the issued share capital of the Company.
As stated in the half year results announcement issued on 30 July 2015, Martin Lewis has agreed to a further lock-up of 180 days from the date hereof in respect of his remaining shares in the Company (subject to certain exceptions).
For further information, please contact:
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7379 5151
Matthew Price, Chief Financial Officer
Maitland
Tel: +44 (0)20 7379 5151
William Clutterbuck
Important additional information
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of an offer or invitation to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire, or any solicitation of any offer to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any ordinary shares or any other securities of the Company in any jurisdiction.
This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in or into the United States. The securities of the Company have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered or sold in or into the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. No public offering of securities is being made in the United States or elsewhere.