PEARSON PLC
(the "Company")
Notification of Director and PDMRs' Interests
Below are details of purchases of ordinary shares of 25p each, made under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP"), on the London Stock Exchange on 16 September 2016 and notified to the Company on 19 September 2016: -
Name of Director/PDMR |
No. of Shares Purchased |
Percentage of Issued Stock |
Price per Share |
Total Holding Following Notification |
Total Percentage Following Notification |
Lincoln Wallen |
20 |
0.00000% |
£7.849 |
902 |
0.00011% |
Roderick Bristow |
1064 |
0.00013% |
£7.849 |
48,290 |
0.00587% |
Michael Barber |
729 |
0.00009% |
£7.849 |
32,840 |
0.00399% |
Albert Hitchcock |
870 |
0.00011% |
£7.849 |
39,189 |
0.00477% |
The following notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, give further detail.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
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a) |
Name |
Lincoln Wallen |
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2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
Non-executive Director |
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b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
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3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
Pearson plc |
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b) |
LEI |
2138004JBXWWJKIURC57 |
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4 |
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
ISIN: GB0006776081 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP") |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
Purchase price: £7.849 per share |
20
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Aggregated volume: 20 shares Aggregated price: £156.98 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
16 September 2016 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
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a) |
Name |
Roderick Bristow |
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2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
President, Core Markets |
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b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
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3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
Pearson plc |
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b) |
LEI |
2138004JBXWWJKIURC57 |
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4 |
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
ISIN: GB0006776081 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP") |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
Purchase price: £7.849 per share |
1064
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Aggregated volume: 1064 shares Aggregated price: £8351.336 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
16 September 2016 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
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a) |
Name |
Michael Barber |
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2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
Chief Education Advisor |
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b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
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3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
Pearson plc |
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b) |
LEI |
2138004JBXWWJKIURC57 |
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4 |
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
ISIN: GB0006776081 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP") |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
Purchase price: £7.849 per share |
729
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Aggregated volume: 729 shares Aggregated price: £5721.921 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
16 September 2016 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
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a) |
Name |
Albert Hitchcock |
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2 |
Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
Chief Technology and Operations Officer |
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b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
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3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
Pearson plc |
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b) |
LEI |
2138004JBXWWJKIURC57 |
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4 |
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc
ISIN: GB0006776081 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP") |
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
Purchase price: £7.849 per share |
870
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Aggregated volume: 870 shares Aggregated price: £6828.63 |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
16 September 2016 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) |