Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1577F
Pearson PLC
15 May 2017
 

 

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 12 May 2017 and notified to the Company on 15 May 2017: -

 

 

 

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

       117

  0.00001%

  £7.1093

       2,594

   0.00032%

Roderick Bristow

      2429

0.00030%

  £7.1093

     53,716

0.00653%

Albert Hitchcock

     1856

0.00023%

  £7.1093

61,140

0.00743%

 

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

a)

Name

Lincoln Wallen

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-executive Director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Pearson plc

b)

LEI

2138004JBXWWJKIURC57

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

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc

 

ISIN: GB0006776081

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Purchase price: £7.1093 per share

117

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Aggregated volume: 117 shares

Aggregated price: £831.7881

e)

Date of the transaction

12 May 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

 

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Roderick Bristow

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

President, Core Markets

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Pearson plc

b)

LEI

2138004JBXWWJKIURC57

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

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc

 

ISIN: GB0006776081

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Purchase price: £7.1093 per share

  2,429

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Aggregated volume: 2,429 shares

Aggregated price: £17,268.4897

e)

Date of the transaction

12 May 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

 

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Albert Hitchcock

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Technology and Operations Officer

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Pearson plc

b)

LEI

2138004JBXWWJKIURC57

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

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in Pearson plc

 

ISIN: GB0006776081

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of shares arising from Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP")

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Purchase price: £7.1093 per share

1856

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

Aggregated volume: 1856 shares

Aggregated price: £ 13,194.8608

e)

Date of the transaction

12 May 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

 

 

 


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