YouGov Regulatory News (YOU)

12 Dec 2005 10:00

YouGov PLC12 December 2005 12 December 2005 YouGov plc CHAIRMAN'S AGM STATEMENT At today's Annual General Meeting of YouGov plc the Chairman, Peter Kellner,will make the following statement: "The current year has started well with the core omnibus and bespoke businessesin the UK trading in line with our expectations. In October 2005, westrengthened our offering with the launch of our new subscription based brandtracker, BrandIndex, and to date we have had an encouraging response from majorblue chip companies. " "The Middle East operations came under our control in September 2005 and haveperformed strongly. In that time, we have won some significant new contracts. "As a result of these developments, the board expects the Group to performmaterially ahead of market expectations for the current financial year. "YouGov's record of accuracy was extended to 10 out of 10 in the UK with thecorrect prediction of the outcome of the Tory leadership race on 6 December; ouraverage error rate remains just 1%." ENDS Enquiries: YouGov plc Tel: 020 7618 3010Nadhim Zahawi, Chief Executive Financial Dynamics Tel: 020 7831 3113Charles Palmer / Tim Spratt This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange