Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3254V
Pearson PLC
27 January 2017
 
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

 

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:
ii

Pearson PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 

Other (please specify):

Type 1 disclosure as per the Transparency Directive II Regulation

X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:
iii

Schroders plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):iv

 

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
v

25.01.17

6. Date on which issuer notified:

26.01.17

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
vi, vii

Above 10%

         
 

 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0006776081

43,354,783

42,272,781

84,514,044

N/A

 83,588,488

 N/A

10.167%

 

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date
xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period
xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

% of voting rights xix, xx

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

83,588,488

10.167%

                                 
 

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
xxi

 

Schroder & Co. Limited                                                2,634,084                                                 0.32%

 

Schroders (C.I.) Limited                                                  123,958                                                0.015%

 

Schroder Investment Management Limited                    80,830,446                                               9.832%

 

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 

 


13. Additional information:


The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 822,126,713.

14. Contact name:

Shaheen Hussain

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 207 658 6000

     

 

Natalie Dale

Deputy Company Secretary

Pearson plc

 

27 January 2017

 


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