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19 May 2015
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC
Placing of shares in the Company
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC ("Moneysupermarket.com" or "the Company") notes the sale by Simon Nixon of 20m shares, representing approximately 3.7% of the issued share capital of the Company.
This sale reduces Simon Nixon's stake in Moneysupermarket.com to approximately 12.8%.
As a result of Simon Nixon's stake falling below 15%, the relationship agreement between Simon and Moneysupermarket.com, that has been in place since 2007, has now ended. This allowed Simon Nixon to nominate for appointment a non-executive Director to the Board. While he has never taken up this right, the right will now fall away.
Simon Nixon remains on the Board as a non-executive Director.
Please refer to the separate announcement for further details.
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.