Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9142G
Pearson PLC
09 November 2018
 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i


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

Pearson plc

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer


2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

X

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify)iii:


3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv

Name

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street,

Wilmington DE 19801, USA

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

Name

Goldman Sachs International

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London

EC4A 2BB, UK

Name

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

200 West Street, New York, 10282, USA

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

06/11/2018

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

08/11/2018


% of voting rights

attached to shares (total of 8. A)

% of voting rights through financial

instruments
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)

Total number of voting rights of

issuervii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

1.35%

5.82%

7.17%

                       781,067,196

 

Position of previous notification (if

applicable)

0.54%

5.98%

6.52%


 

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rightsix

% of voting rights

Direct

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

Indirect

(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

Direct

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

Indirect

(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

GB0006776081


10,175,016


1.30%

US7050151056


347,909


0.04%






SUBTOTAL 8. A

10,522,925

1.35%

 

 

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

Type of financial

instrument

Expiration
date
x

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/converted.

% of voting rights

Securities Lending

Open


17,435,233

2.23%

Call Option

21-Dec-2018


400,000

0.05%








SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

17,835,233

2.28%

 

 

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of

financial

instrument

Expiration
date
x

Exercise/
Conversion

Period xi

Physical or cash

settlementxii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Refer to the Annexure





















SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

27,655,570

3.54%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the

applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii


Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity
xiv (please add additional rows as necessary)

X

Namexv

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial

instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.




Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.




Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited




Goldman Sachs

International


3.52%

3.52%





The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.




Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC



3.13%





The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.




GSAM Holdings LLC




Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.




Goldman Sachs Asset Management International Holdings L.L.C.




Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co., Ltd.








The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.




GSAM Holdings LLC




Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.




 

 

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder

N/A

The number and % of voting rights held

N/A

The date until which the voting rights will be held

N/A

 

 

11. Additional informationxvi

Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error.

 

General email contact:

gs-regops-emea-position-enquiries@gs.com

 

Place of completion

London, UK

Date of completion

08/11/2018

 

 

 

Natalie White

Deputy Company Secretary

Pearson plc

 

9 November 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annexure

 

 

 

 

 

 

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

Type of

financial

instrument

Expiration datex

Exercise/

Conversion

periodxi

Physical or cash settlementxii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

CFD

10-Dec-2025


Cash

                              3,850,190

0.49%

CFD

23-Sep-2020


Cash

                              2,464,000

0.32%

CFD

10-Apr-2028


Cash

                              2,067,467

0.26%

Swap

7-May-2019


Cash

                              1,876,758

0.24%

CFD

20-Oct-2027


Cash

                              1,505,835

0.19%

CFD

15-Sep-2028


Cash

                              1,470,000

0.19%

Swap

28-Jul-2021


Cash

                              1,096,212

0.14%

Swap

28-Jul-2021


Cash

                                  757,148

0.10%

CFD

9-Sep-2021


Cash

                                  711,542

0.09%

Swap

21-May-2019


Cash

                                  622,194

0.08%

Swap

12-Oct-2023


Cash

                                  397,330

0.05%

CFD

20-Oct-2027


Cash

                                  384,473

0.05%

CFD

20-Oct-2027


Cash

                                  384,147

0.05%

CFD

27-Oct-2027


Cash

                                  368,492

0.05%

Swap

7-May-2019


Cash

                                  360,243

0.05%

CFD

21-Jun-2028


Cash

                                  343,327

0.04%

Call Option

9-Jan-2019


Cash

                                  332,146

0.04%

CFD

15-Jul-2021


Cash

                                  328,703

0.04%

CFD

16-Jun-2028


Cash

                                  328,703

0.04%

Swap

7-May-2019


Cash

                                  274,507

0.04%

CFD

17-Jul-2020


Cash

                                  272,685

0.03%

CFD

24-Mar-2028


Cash

                                  259,000

0.03%

CFD

19-May-2027


Cash

                                  253,415

0.03%

Swap

3-Feb-2023


Cash

                                  250,801

0.03%

CFD

17-Jul-2020


Cash

                                  247,317

0.03%

CFD

10-Apr-2028


Cash

                                  246,251

0.03%

Call Option

15-Jan-2019


Cash

                                  242,411

0.03%

CFD

27-Sep-2028


Cash

                                  217,594

0.03%

CFD

9-Sep-2021


Cash

                                  208,879

0.03%

CFD

23-Aug-2028


Cash

                                  204,000

0.03%

Swap

28-Jul-2021


Cash

                                  203,317

0.03%

Swap

2-Feb-2023


Cash

                                  198,606

0.03%

Call Option

11-Jan-2019


Cash

                                  170,856

0.02%

Swap

28-Jul-2021


Cash

                                  170,231

0.02%

CFD

12-Jul-2023


Cash

                                  158,153

0.02%

CFD

12-Jun-2028


Cash

                                  156,757

0.02%

Swap

28-Jul-2021


Cash

                                  131,070

0.02%

Swap

7-May-2019


Cash

                                  128,958

0.02%

CFD

25-Apr-2019


Cash

                                  124,313

0.02%

CFD

25-Feb-2027


Cash

                                  122,707

0.02%

Swap

17-Sep-2020


Cash

                                  120,551

0.02%

Swap

5-Sep-2019


Cash

                                  120,300

0.02%

Swap

3-Feb-2023


Cash

                                  117,797

0.02%

Swap

13-Oct-2023


Cash

                                  113,548

0.01%

Swap

22-Mar-2019


Cash

                                  113,300

0.01%

CFD

17-Jul-2028


Cash

                                  103,200

0.01%

Swap

2-Feb-2023


Cash

                                    93,281

0.01%

CFD

1-Mar-2028


Cash

                                    92,210

0.01%

CFD

10-Mar-2028


Cash

                                    89,128

0.01%

Swap

14-Jun-2023


Cash

                                    86,565

0.01%

Swap

12-Jul-2023


Cash

                                    84,590

0.01%

CFD

26-Nov-2021


Cash

                                    80,948

0.01%

Swap

7-May-2019


Cash

                                    74,747

0.01%

CFD

11-Aug-2023


Cash

                                    74,396

0.01%

Swap

7-Jul-2023


Cash

                                    73,094

0.01%

Swap

5-Sep-2019


Cash

                                    72,000

0.01%

CFD

25-Apr-2019


Cash

                                    69,385

0.01%

Swap

3-Feb-2023


Cash

                                    68,758

0.01%

CFD

5-Nov-2027


Cash

                                    64,825

0.01%

CFD

10-Jul-2019


Cash

                                    63,409

0.01%

Swap

7-May-2019


Cash

                                    59,699

0.01%

CFD

11-Oct-2028


Cash

                                    59,383

0.01%

Swap

15-Jun-2023


Cash

                                    57,709

0.01%

CFD

1-Mar-2028


Cash

                                    56,462

0.01%

Swap

5-Sep-2019


Cash

                                    55,700

0.01%

CFD

17-Jul-2028


Cash

                                    55,000

0.01%

Swap

2-Feb-2023


Cash

                                    54,448

0.01%

CFD

14-Jan-2021


Cash

                                    51,561

0.01%

CFD

27-Feb-2023


Cash

                                    51,426

0.01%

CFD

25-Apr-2019


Cash

                                    50,000

0.01%

Swap

1-Feb-2023


Cash

                                    43,214

0.01%

CFD

14-Jan-2021


Cash

                                    42,705

0.01%

Swap

21-Nov-2018


Cash

                                    42,200

0.01%

CFD

25-Apr-2019


Cash

                                    41,002

0.01%

CFD

20-Oct-2021


Cash

                                    40,600

0.01%

Swap

14-Jun-2023


Cash

                                    40,052

0.01%

CFD

27-Feb-2023


Cash

                                    39,396

0.01%

CFD

17-Jul-2023


Cash

                                    39,200

0.01%

Swap

12-Jul-2023


Cash

                                    37,897

0.005%

CFD

10-Mar-2028


Cash

                                    34,758

0.004%

CFD

21-Jul-2028


Cash

                                    34,000

0.004%

Swap

7-Jul-2023


Cash

                                    32,746

0.004%

CFD

14-Jul-2023


Cash

                                    30,500

0.004%

Swap

12-Jun-2023


Cash

                                    30,225

0.004%

CFD

25-Feb-2027


Cash

                                    29,702

0.004%

CFD

25-Apr-2019


Cash

                                    29,469

0.004%

CFD

30-Oct-2028


Cash

                                    28,773

0.004%

Swap

15-Jun-2023


Cash

                                    26,702

0.003%

CFD

1-Nov-2028


Cash

                                    26,197

0.003%

CFD

13-Sep-2028


Cash

                                    26,000

0.003%

CFD

6-Jul-2023


Cash

                                    25,488

0.003%

CFD

1-Nov-2028


Cash

                                    25,474

0.003%

CFD

25-Apr-2019


Cash

                                    24,541

0.003%

CFD

26-Nov-2021


Cash

                                    24,179

0.003%

Swap

14-Jun-2023


Cash

                                    23,383

0.003%

CFD

21-Jan-2028


Cash

                                    23,330

0.003%

Swap

12-Jul-2023


Cash

                                    22,173

0.003%

CFD

17-Jul-2023


Cash

                                    20,900

0.003%

Swap

1-Feb-2023


Cash

                                    20,297

0.003%

CFD

27-Feb-2023


Cash

                                    19,800

0.003%

Swap

7-Jul-2023


Cash

                                    19,160

0.002%

Swap

5-Sep-2019


Cash

                                    18,900

0.002%

Swap

7-May-2019


Cash

                                    16,302

0.002%

Swap

28-Mar-2019


Cash

                                    16,200

0.002%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                    16,129

0.002%

Swap

30-Apr-2019


Cash

                                    15,800

0.002%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                    15,796

0.002%

Swap

15-Jun-2023


Cash

                                    15,589

0.002%

CFD

2-Nov-2028


Cash

                                    15,311

0.002%

CFD

21-Jul-2028


Cash

                                    15,000

0.002%

CFD

18-Sep-2019


Cash

                                    15,000

0.002%

CFD

19-Oct-2028


Cash

                                    15,000

0.002%

Swap

28-Nov-2018


Cash

                                    14,300

0.002%

Swap

17-Sep-2020


Cash

                                    14,153

0.002%

Swap

12-Jun-2023


Cash

                                    13,985

0.002%

Swap

3-Nov-2021


Cash

                                    12,609

0.002%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                    12,597

0.002%

CFD

25-Sep-2028


Cash

                                    12,000

0.002%

Swap

1-Feb-2023


Cash

                                    11,847

0.002%

CFD

26-Jun-2019


Cash

                                    11,475

0.001%

Swap

29-Nov-2018


Cash

                                    10,900

0.001%

CFD

27-Feb-2023


Cash

                                    10,829

0.001%

CFD

28-Oct-2020


Cash

                                    10,812

0.001%

Swap

5-Sep-2019


Cash

                                    10,800

0.001%

Swap

6-Feb-2019


Cash

                                    10,500

0.001%

Swap

12-Oct-2023


Cash

                                       8,622

0.001%

Swap

12-Jun-2023


Cash

                                       8,165

0.001%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                       7,925

0.001%

CFD

25-Apr-2019


Cash

                                       7,650

0.001%

CFD

21-Oct-2021


Cash

                                       7,596

0.001%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                       7,437

0.001%

Call Option

19-Nov-2018


Cash

                                       7,349

0.001%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                       6,834

0.001%

CFD

27-Jan-2028


Cash

                                       6,390

0.001%

CFD

25-Oct-2028


Cash

                                       6,257

0.001%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                       6,153

0.001%

CFD

15-Dec-2027


Cash

                                       5,000

0.001%

CFD

8-Mar-2028


Cash

                                       5,000

0.001%

CFD

12-May-2028


Cash

                                       5,000

0.001%

CFD

3-Nov-2028


Cash

                                       4,984

0.001%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                       4,774

0.001%

CFD

27-Oct-2028


Cash

                                       4,511

0.001%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                       3,941

0.001%

Swap

5-Sep-2019


Cash

                                       3,900

0.0005%

Swap

3-Nov-2021


Cash

                                       3,634

0.0005%

CFD

25-Apr-2019


Cash

                                       3,060

0.0004%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                       3,050

0.0004%

CFD

2-Nov-2028


Cash

                                       2,900

0.0004%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                       2,857

0.0004%

Swap

3-Nov-2021


Cash

                                       2,556

0.0003%

CFD

29-Sep-2028


Cash

                                       2,500

0.0003%

CFD

28-Oct-2020


Cash

                                       2,350

0.0003%

CFD

28-Oct-2020


Cash

                                       2,350

0.0003%

Swap

3-Nov-2021


Cash

                                       2,214

0.0003%

Call Option

20-Nov-2018


Cash

                                       1,931

0.0002%

Call Option

21-Nov-2018


Cash

                                       1,860

0.0002%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                       1,768

0.0002%

CFD

27-Jan-2028


Cash

                                       1,634

0.0002%

CFD

26-Oct-2028


Cash

                                       1,547

0.0002%

CFD

27-Jan-2028


Cash

                                       1,452

0.0002%

CFD

27-Apr-2020


Cash

                                       1,445

0.0002%

CFD

18-Sep-2028


Cash

                                          907

0.0001%

CFD

27-Oct-2028


Cash

                                          700

0.0001%

CFD

27-Jan-2028


Cash

                                          683

0.0001%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                          461

0.0001%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                          419

0.0001%

CFD

8-Nov-2028


Cash

                                          400

0.0001%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                          329

0.00004%

Swap

22-May-2020


Cash

                                          323

0.00004%

CFD

27-Sep-2028


Cash

                                          200

0.00003%

CFD

27-Sep-2028


Cash

                                          123

0.00002%

CFD

5-Oct-2028


Cash

                                          122

0.00002%

CFD

27-Sep-2028


Cash

                                             90

0.00001%

CFD

6-Oct-2028


Cash

                                             82

0.00001%

CFD

2-Oct-2028


Cash

                                             61

0.00001%

CFD

23-Oct-2028


Cash

                                             19

0.000002%

Total Number of voting rights and percentage of voting rights

                            27,655,570

3.54%







Additional information: Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error.

 


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