Transaction in Own Shares

Pearson PLC
07 March 2024
 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

Pearson plc (the Company) announces today it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from Citigroup Global Markets Limited.

 

Date of purchase:                                                                                                  07 March 2024

 

Aggregate number of ordinary shares of 25 pence each purchased:                               290,637

 

Lowest price paid per share:                                                                                             997.80p

 

Highest price paid per share:                                                                                         1,011.00p

 

Average price paid per share:                                                                                        1,005.72p

 

The Company will cancel the purchased shares.

 

These purchases are the last purchases to be made under the programme between the Company, on the one hand, and Citigroup Global Markets Limited, on the other hand, announced on 20 September 2023, as that programme has been completed in accordance with its terms.

 

As announced on 1 March 2024, the Company has issued a non-discretionary irrevocable instruction to Citigroup Global Markets Limited to execute a £200m share buyback programme on the terms described in that announcement. This share buyback programme will commence on the business day following the date of the final purchases set out in this announcement.

 

The table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Citigroup Global Markets Limited as part of the buyback programme.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0768G_1-2024-3-7.pdf

Schedule of Purchases

 

Shares purchased:          Pearson plc (ISIN: GB0006776081) 

 

Date of purchases:         07 March 2024

 

Investment firm:              Citigroup Global Markets Limited

 

Aggregate information:

 

Venue

Volume-weighted average price

Aggregated volume

Lowest price per share

Highest price per share

London Stock Exchange

1005.72p

290,637

997.80p

1,011.00p

BATS Europe

-

-

-

-

CHI-X Europe

-

-

-

-

 

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