Form 8 (DD) - Melorio PLC

RNS Number : 5706M
Pearson PLC
26 May 2010
 

 

FORM 8 (DD)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER OR PERSON ACTING IN CONCERT (INCLUDING DEALINGS FOR THE ACCOUNT OF DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT CLIENTS)

 

Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.

KEY INFORMATION

 

(a)

Identity of the party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure:

Pearson plc

 

 

 

(b)

Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

n/a

 

 

 

(c)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Melorio plc

 

 

 

(d)

Status of person making the disclosure:

OFFEROR

 

 

 

(e)

Date dealing undertaken

25 May 2010

 

 

 

(f)

Has the party previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?

NO

 

2.

POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing

 

Class of relevant security:

10p Ordinary Shares

 

 

 

Interests

Short positions

 

Number

Per cent.

Number

Per cent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

4,863,435

12.34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

Derivatives (other than options):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3)

Options and agreements to purchase/sell?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

4,863,435

12.34

 

 

 

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other executive options)

 

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

 

 

 

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

 

 

3.

DEALINGS BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

(a)

Purchases and Sales

 

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit

10p Ordinary Shares

Purchase

 

180,100

GBP2.25

 

(b)

Derivatives transactions (other than options)

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

Options transactions in respect of existing securities

 

 

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

 

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Exercising

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)

Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

 

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other person:

 

None

 

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party to the offer or person acting in concert making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i)

the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii)

the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

 

None

 

(c)

Attachments

 

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

 

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)

No

 

 

Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)

No

 

 

Date of disclosure:

26 May 2010

 

 

Contact name:

Ian Mombru, Lazard & Co., Limited

 

 

Telephone number

+44 (0)20 7187 2682

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk.  The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 


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