REG - Pearson PLC Goldman Sachs Group. - Holding(s) in Company

PearsonAnnouncement

18/02/2019 10:25

RNS Number : 3599Q
Pearson PLC
18 February 2019
 


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








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




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


13/02/2019




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


15/02/2019




7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation








% 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


0.54%


6.38%


6.92%


                           781,409,422
 




Position of previous notification (if
applicable)


0.78%


6.24%


7.01%
















 



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






3,712,756






0.48%




US7050151056






484,714






0.06%


























SUBTOTAL 8. A


4,197,470


0.54%




 
 




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

datex


Exercise/

Conversion
Periodxi


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


% of voting rights




Securities Lending


Open






10,529,152


1.35%




Put Option


15-Feb-2019






1,500,000


0.19%




Put Option


15-Feb-2019






1,000,000


0.13%




Put Option


15-Mar-2019






1,000,000


0.13%




Put Option


15-Mar-2019






1,000,000


0.13%




Put Option


15-Mar-2019






1,000,000


0.13%












SUBTOTAL 8. B 1


16,029,152


2.05%




 
 
 
 
 




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 Period xi


Physical or cash
settlementxii


Number of voting rights


% of voting rights




Refer to
Annexure
























































































SUBTOTAL 8.B.2


33,858,693


4.33%




 
 
 















 



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 entityxiv (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






5.18%


5.18%






















The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
















Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC


































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




Date of completion


15/02/2019



 
 
Natalie White
Deputy Company Secretary
Pearson plc
 
18 February 2019




 



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


15-Sep-2028






Cash


                        3,347,875


0.43%





CFD


10-Dec-2025






Cash


                        2,650,131


0.34%





CFD


23-Sep-2020






Cash


                        1,834,093


0.23%





CFD


20-Oct-2027






Cash


                        1,595,600


0.20%





CFD


4-Dec-2023






Cash


                        1,578,008


0.20%





CFD


7-Feb-2024






Cash


                        1,240,000


0.16%





Swap


28-Jul-2021






Cash


                        1,050,699


0.13%





CFD


14-Feb-2024






Cash


                            970,000


0.12%





CFD


12-Feb-2024






Cash


                            865,494


0.11%





CFD


26-Jan-2024






Cash


                            865,000


0.11%





Swap


28-Jul-2021






Cash


                            757,148


0.10%





CFD


17-Jul-2020






Cash


                            667,745


0.09%





CFD


29-Jan-2024






Cash


                            663,999


0.09%





CFD


9-Sep-2021






Cash


                            525,663


0.07%





CFD


31-Jan-2029






Cash


                            445,560


0.06%





CFD


14-Feb-2024






Cash


                            419,554


0.05%





CFD


9-Feb-2024






Cash


                            406,520


0.05%





CFD


6-Dec-2028






Cash


                            381,736


0.05%





CFD


18-Jan-2029






Cash


                            378,017


0.05%





CFD


15-Jul-2021






Cash


                            328,703


0.04%





CFD


16-Jun-2028






Cash


                            328,703


0.04%





CFD


20-Oct-2027






Cash


                            323,881


0.04%





CFD


20-Oct-2027






Cash


                            318,910


0.04%





Swap


30-Nov-2023






Cash


                            300,000


0.04%





CFD


12-Jul-2023






Cash


                            298,988


0.04%





CFD


24-Mar-2028






Cash


                            259,000


0.03%





CFD


4-Dec-2023






Cash


                            251,216


0.03%





Swap


3-Feb-2023






Cash


                            250,801


0.03%





Swap


29-Nov-2023






Cash


                            250,000


0.03%





CFD


15-Feb-2029






Cash


                            240,000


0.03%





CFD


19-May-2027






Cash


                            230,013


0.03%





CFD


4-Dec-2023






Cash


                            228,893


0.03%





Swap


29-Nov-2023






Cash


                            225,000


0.03%





Swap


18-Jan-2024






Cash


                            222,460


0.03%





CFD


27-Sep-2028






Cash


                            217,594


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%





CFD


21-Jun-2028






Cash


                            194,813


0.02%





Swap


18-Jan-2024






Cash


                            183,004


0.02%





Swap


21-May-2019






Cash


                            177,447


0.02%





Swap


28-Jul-2021






Cash


                            170,231


0.02%





CFD


18-Jan-2029






Cash


                            170,000


0.02%





CFD


31-Jan-2029






Cash


                            166,473


0.02%





Swap


1-Feb-2024






Cash


                            155,100


0.02%





CFD


18-Jan-2029






Cash


                            152,120


0.02%





CFD


25-Jan-2029






Cash


                            152,120


0.02%





CFD


9-Sep-2021






Cash


                            151,817


0.02%





Call Option


16-Apr-2019






Cash


                            143,822


0.02%





CFD


31-Jan-2024






Cash


                            136,001


0.02%





CFD


17-Jan-2029






Cash


                            135,485


0.02%





CFD


22-Nov-2028






Cash


                            134,667


0.02%





Swap


28-Jul-2021






Cash


                            131,070


0.02%





Swap


17-Sep-2020






Cash


                            123,752


0.02%





Call Option


9-Apr-2019






Cash


                            123,509


0.02%





CFD


2-Feb-2029






Cash


                            122,404


0.02%





Call Option


7-May-2019






Cash


                            121,239


0.02%





CFD


18-Jan-2029






Cash


                            118,983


0.02%





Swap


3-Feb-2023






Cash


                            117,797


0.02%





CFD


31-Jan-2029






Cash


                            115,429


0.01%





CFD


25-Feb-2027






Cash


                            115,007


0.01%





Swap


22-Mar-2019






Cash


                            113,300


0.01%





CFD


10-Mar-2028






Cash


                            110,453


0.01%





CFD


19-Jan-2029






Cash


                            110,000


0.01%





CFD


15-Feb-2022






Cash


                            107,000


0.01%





Swap


18-Jan-2024






Cash


                            106,899


0.01%





CFD


4-Dec-2023






Cash


                            102,090


0.01%





Swap


18-Jan-2024






Cash


                            101,869


0.01%





CFD


18-Jan-2029






Cash


                            100,000


0.01%





CFD


12-Jun-2028






Cash


                              98,591


0.01%





Swap


2-Feb-2023






Cash


                              93,281


0.01%





Swap


29-Nov-2023






Cash


                              91,988


0.01%





Call Option


8-May-2019






Cash


                              87,539


0.01%





Swap


14-Jun-2023






Cash


                              86,565


0.01%





CFD


8-Feb-2024






Cash


                              86,367


0.01%





Call Option


17-Apr-2019






Cash


                              86,265


0.01%





CFD


31-Jan-2029






Cash


                              85,399


0.01%





Swap


12-Jul-2023






Cash


                              84,590


0.01%





CFD


31-Jan-2029






Cash


                              83,905


0.01%





CFD


11-Aug-2023






Cash


                              82,374


0.01%





CFD


26-Nov-2021






Cash


                              80,948


0.01%





CFD


18-Jan-2029






Cash


                              80,000


0.01%





CFD


18-Jan-2029






Cash


                              75,000


0.01%





Swap


7-Jul-2023






Cash


                              73,094


0.01%





CFD


17-Jul-2028






Cash


                              71,500


0.01%





Swap


3-Feb-2023






Cash


                              68,758


0.01%





Swap


29-Nov-2023






Cash


                              65,026


0.01%





CFD


20-Oct-2021






Cash


                              64,000


0.01%





Swap


18-Jan-2024






Cash


                              62,356


0.01%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                              60,475


0.01%





CFD


19-Jan-2029






Cash


                              60,000


0.01%





Swap


18-Jan-2024






Cash


                              59,338


0.01%





CFD


5-Nov-2027






Cash


                              59,199


0.01%





Swap


15-Jun-2023






Cash


                              57,709


0.01%





Swap


5-Sep-2019






Cash


                              55,700


0.01%





CFD


4-Dec-2023






Cash


                              54,900


0.01%





Swap


2-Feb-2023






Cash


                              54,448


0.01%





Swap


5-Sep-2019






Cash


                              53,400


0.01%





CFD


4-Dec-2023






Cash


                              50,954


0.01%





CFD


19-Jan-2029






Cash


                              50,000


0.01%





CFD


1-Mar-2028






Cash


                              48,879


0.01%





CFD


18-Jan-2029






Cash


                              47,880


0.01%





CFD


25-Jan-2029






Cash


                              47,880


0.01%





CFD


2-Feb-2029






Cash


                              45,733


0.01%





CFD


25-Jan-2029






Cash


                              45,600


0.01%





Swap


1-Feb-2023






Cash


                              43,214


0.01%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                              42,813


0.01%





CFD


17-Jul-2020






Cash


                              41,727


0.01%





CFD


10-Mar-2028






Cash


                              40,861


0.01%





Swap


14-Jun-2023






Cash


                              40,052


0.01%





Swap


12-Jul-2023






Cash


                              37,897


0.005%





CFD


17-Nov-2028






Cash


                              36,622


0.005%





CFD


21-Jul-2028






Cash


                              34,000


0.004%





CFD


25-Apr-2019






Cash


                              33,191


0.004%





CFD


2-Feb-2029






Cash


                              33,056


0.004%





Swap


7-Jul-2023






Cash


                              32,746


0.004%





CFD


14-Feb-2029






Cash


                              32,485


0.004%





CFD


31-Jan-2029






Cash


                              31,908


0.004%





CFD


31-Jan-2029






Cash


                              31,349


0.004%





CFD


14-Jul-2023






Cash


                              30,500


0.004%





Swap


12-Jun-2023






Cash


                              30,225


0.004%





CFD


17-Jul-2023






Cash


                              29,700


0.004%





CFD


25-Apr-2019






Cash


                              29,469


0.004%





CFD


1-Mar-2028






Cash


                              28,604


0.004%





CFD


14-Feb-2029






Cash


                              27,575


0.004%





Swap


15-Jun-2023






Cash


                              26,702


0.003%





CFD


6-Jul-2023






Cash


                              25,488


0.003%





CFD


18-Sep-2019






Cash


                              24,830


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


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                              22,595


0.003%





Swap


11-Feb-2020






Cash


                              22,499


0.003%





Swap


12-Jul-2023






Cash


                              22,173


0.003%





CFD


31-Jan-2029






Cash


                              22,124


0.003%





CFD


31-Jan-2029






Cash


                              21,737


0.003%





Call Option


12-Mar-2019






Cash


                              21,007


0.003%





Swap


1-Feb-2023






Cash


                              20,297


0.003%





CFD


25-Apr-2019






Cash


                              19,385


0.002%





Swap


7-Jul-2023






Cash


                              19,160


0.002%





CFD


23-Nov-2028






Cash


                              17,711


0.002%





CFD


24-Jan-2029






Cash


                              17,643


0.002%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                              16,930


0.002%





Swap


17-Sep-2020






Cash


                              16,742


0.002%





Swap


28-Mar-2019






Cash


                              16,200


0.002%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                              16,129


0.002%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                              15,996


0.002%





CFD


4-Dec-2023






Cash


                              15,819


0.002%





Swap


30-Apr-2019






Cash


                              15,800


0.002%





Swap


4-Feb-2022






Cash


                              15,710


0.002%





CFD


17-Jan-2029






Cash


                              15,700


0.002%





Swap


15-Jun-2023






Cash


                              15,589


0.002%





CFD


11-Nov-2020






Cash


                              15,090


0.002%





CFD


17-Jul-2023






Cash


                              14,800


0.002%





CFD


15-Feb-2024






Cash


                              14,534


0.002%





Swap


31-Dec-2019






Cash


                              14,300


0.002%





Swap


12-Jun-2023






Cash


                              13,985


0.002%





Swap


4-Feb-2022






Cash


                              13,826


0.002%





Swap


4-Feb-2022






Cash


                              13,507


0.002%





Call Option


7-May-2019






Cash


                              13,323


0.002%





Swap


3-Nov-2021






Cash


                              12,609


0.002%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                              12,562


0.002%





CFD


14-Feb-2029






Cash


                              12,137


0.002%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                              11,984


0.002%





Swap


1-Feb-2023






Cash


                              11,847


0.002%





Call Option


8-Mar-2019






Cash


                              11,717


0.002%





Swap


31-Dec-2019






Cash


                              10,900


0.001%





Call Option


5-Mar-2019






Cash


                              10,828


0.001%





CFD


28-Oct-2020






Cash


                              10,812


0.001%





Swap


6-Mar-2020






Cash


                              10,500


0.001%





CFD


14-Feb-2029






Cash


                              10,303


0.001%





CFD


15-Feb-2029






Cash


                                9,435


0.001%





CFD


14-Jan-2021






Cash


                                9,358


0.001%





CFD


14-Jan-2021






Cash


                                9,153


0.001%





CFD


14-Feb-2029






Cash


                                9,094


0.001%





Swap


12-Feb-2020






Cash


                                8,429


0.001%





Call Option


6-Mar-2019






Cash


                                8,290


0.001%





Swap


12-Jun-2023






Cash


                                8,165


0.001%





Call Option


12-Apr-2019






Cash


                                7,849


0.001%





Swap


11-Feb-2020






Cash


                                7,757


0.001%





CFD


14-Feb-2029






Cash


                                7,720


0.001%





CFD


25-Jan-2029






Cash


                                7,400


0.001%





CFD


7-Feb-2029






Cash


                                7,263


0.001%





CFD


1-Feb-2029






Cash


                                6,777


0.001%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                                6,507


0.001%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                                6,153


0.001%





Call Option


10-Apr-2019






Cash


                                6,054


0.001%





CFD


14-Feb-2029






Cash


                                5,926


0.001%





CFD


1-Feb-2029






Cash


                                5,100


0.001%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                                5,085


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%





Call Option


25-Feb-2019






Cash


                                4,818


0.001%





CFD


1-Feb-2029






Cash


                                4,800


0.001%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                                4,774


0.001%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                                4,694


0.001%





Call Option


4-Apr-2019






Cash


                                4,624


0.001%





CFD


4-Feb-2022






Cash


                                4,300


0.001%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                                3,966


0.001%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                                3,941


0.001%





CFD


25-Jan-2029






Cash


                                3,641


0.0005%





Swap


3-Nov-2021






Cash


                                3,634


0.0005%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                                3,517


0.0005%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                                3,050


0.0004%





Swap


12-Feb-2020






Cash


                                2,916


0.0004%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                                2,857


0.0004%





Swap


3-Nov-2021






Cash


                                2,556


0.0003%





CFD


14-Feb-2024






Cash


                                2,500


0.0003%





Swap


4-Feb-2022






Cash


                                2,470


0.0003%





CFD


28-Oct-2020






Cash


                                2,350


0.0003%





CFD


28-Oct-2020






Cash


                                2,350


0.0003%





CFD


16-Feb-2022






Cash


                                2,276


0.0003%





Swap


3-Nov-2021






Cash


                                2,214


0.0003%





CFD


8-Feb-2029






Cash


                                2,200


0.0003%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                                1,900


0.0002%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                                1,768


0.0002%





CFD


9-Feb-2029






Cash


                                1,424


0.0002%





Call Option


19-Feb-2019






Cash


                                1,268


0.0002%





CFD


5-Feb-2029






Cash


                                1,226


0.0002%





Call Option


22-Feb-2019






Cash


                                1,212


0.0002%





CFD


14-Feb-2029






Cash


                                1,200


0.0002%





CFD


31-Jan-2029






Cash


                                1,000


0.0001%





Call Option


12-Mar-2019






Cash


                                    930


0.0001%





CFD


7-Feb-2029






Cash


                                    908


0.0001%





CFD


14-Feb-2029






Cash


                                    700


0.0001%





CFD


7-Feb-2029






Cash


                                    646


0.0001%





Call Option


8-Apr-2019






Cash


                                    617


0.0001%





CFD


22-Jan-2029






Cash


                                    600


0.0001%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                                    461


0.0001%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                                    419


0.0001%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                                    329


0.00004%





Swap


22-May-2020






Cash


                                    323


0.00004%





CFD


19-Jan-2029






Cash


                                    207


0.00003%





CFD


1-Feb-2029






Cash


                                    200


0.00003%





CFD


12-Feb-2029






Cash


                                    200


0.00003%





Call Option


22-Feb-2019






Cash


                                      59


0.00001%





Swap


4-Mar-2020






Cash


                                      23


0.000003%





Call Option


22-Feb-2019






Cash


                                      16


0.000002%





Total Number of voting rights and percentage of voting rights


                      33,858,693


4.33%





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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