REG - Barclays PLC Pearson PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Pearson plc Amendment
15/03/2022 18:45
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RNS Number : 8911E Barclays PLC 15 March 2022
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment to Sale
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose PEARSON PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt Apollo Global Management, Inc. and its subsidiaries
principal trader is connected
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 11 March 2022
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal NO
trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
offeree
to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security: 25p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 6,173,105 0.82% 2,894,519 0.38%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
2,691,686 0.36% 2,515,176 0.33%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 8,864,791 1.17% 5,409,695 0.71%
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other
executive
options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Total number of Highest price per unit Lowest price per unit
security securities paid/received paid/received
25p ordinary Purchase 3,945,708 8.0080 GBP 6.514 GBP
25p ordinary Sale 5,861,792 8.0029 GBP 6.594 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 28 6.5787 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 72 6.5500 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 638 6.5940 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 1,391 7.6659 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 1,596 8.0251 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 3,986 8.0102 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 4,793 7.8296 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 7,868 6.9377 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 8,582 7.4506 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 11,732 7.9333 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 14,815 6.8575 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 20,000 6.6495 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 37,255 7.4767 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 37,368 7.5685 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 38,354 7.8435 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 42,438 7.4136 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 62,395 7.0827 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 74,740 7.3877 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 81,073 7.5399 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 89,962 7.7056 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 117,769 7.6481 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 120,740 7.5832 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 199,693 7.8184 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 208,417 7.6941 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 210,306 7.9400 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 212,868 7.4011 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 217,523 7.6623 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 222,039 7.8549 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 276,262 6.7764 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 2,280,366 7.8458 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 308 7.0849 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 342 7.3062 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 399 7.9478 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 713 7.6062 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 902 7.8083 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 1,426 7.6062 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Opening Short 4,258 7.1134 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 6,000 7.7437 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 9,669 7.5536 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 10,607 7.7526 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 12,593 7.9034 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 15,078 7.7022 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Opening Short 16,034 7.1091 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Opening Short 16,185 7.1413 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 22,034 7.7924 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 24,122 6.7954 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 59,250 7.8099 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 63,250 7.3201 GBP
25p ordinary CFD Opening Short 206,087 7.9249 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 11,086 7.7451 GBP
25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 1,024,112 7.5605 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
of description purchasing, of price date money
relevant selling, securities per unit paid/
security varying etc to which received
option per unit
relates
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of Exercise price per
security securities unit
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of Dealings Details Price per unit (if
security applicable)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or
understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement
to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the
disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between
the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person
relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 15 Mar 2022
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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